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Hundreds of demonstrators took to the University of Virginia’s fabled Lawn and Rotunda on Friday afternoon to protest after UVA president Jim Ryan was pressured to resign by the Trump administration.
Democratic state senators, including President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas and Charlottesville Senator Creigh Deeds, have filed suit in Fairfax Circuit Court to keep Ken Cuccinelli of UVA’s Board of Visitors, as well as other Governor Youngkin appointees of boards at George Mason University and VMI.
Democrats in Virginia have built up a hefty fundraising advantage for their effort to reclaim the governor’s mansion in a race seen as a bellwether for the party in power in Washington heading into the 2026 midterms.
Heading late into the night, the Associated Press was calling the Democratic primary for Attorney General for former Norfolk Delegate Jay Jones over Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor.
On Friday, Governor Youngkin signed a piece of legislation holding drug dealers accountable for manslaughter if the drugs they sold resulted in the death of the purchaser.
Governor Youngkin has ordered state flags at half-staff June 4 for the death of a trailblazing civil rights attorney who served in all three branches of Virginia’s government, and long-time Legislative Black Caucus Chair, Jerrauld Jones.
Saying it’s not that Republican Lt. Governor nominee John Reid is gay, but to save the ticket, James City County businessman John Curran is running as a November write-in for Lt. Governor.
On Friday, Governor Youngkin took final actions to complete the legislative session for 2025 in the General Assembly.
Republican Lt. Governor nominee John Reid says he’s going nowhere and will see those accusing him of sexual indiscretions on what he calls a fake social media profile in court.
Northern Virginia leaders urged lawmakers on Tuesday to enact emergency legislation to help stabilize their local economy as the White House cuts federal jobs, which they said has sharply impacted the dense cluster of government employees and contractors based in the suburbs of the nation’s capital.