Incarcerated people and their loved ones will continue to pay fees that advocates and some lawmakers say are too stiff. Senate Bill 581, introduced by Sen. Joseph Morrissey, D-Richmond, initially proposed to eliminate jail fees related to the costs of an inmate's...
In the wake of the General Assembly's decriminalization of marijuana, which took effect July 1, this law would, according to activists, help decrease the over-policing of Black and brown Virginians. The state Senate approved a bill Friday that would prohibit search...
Governor Northam signed a bill outlawing the practice on Monday, bringing years of struggle by LGBTQ advocates to a victorious end. Virginia has officially become the 20th state to prohibit conversion therapy for minors, and the first in the American South. House Bill...
Equality Virginia and the Commonwealth's LGBTQ community continue to lobby state legislators for important LGBTQ protections. Now that Democrats control the General Assembly, they're having some success. The day after hundreds lobbied lawmakers on behalf of LGBTQ...
Virginia's as close as it's ever been to banning conversion therapy for minors. And it seems likely we'll get there before the end of the current General Assembly session. On January 24, Virginia Senator Scott Surovell's bill banning conversion therapy for minors...