Mar 17 WATCH: Virginia governor gives coronavirus update By Joshua Barajas Northam is expected to speak at 11 a.m. ET today. Watch the governor’s remarks here. Continue reading
Dec 04 Virginia moves to drop work requirement for Medicaid By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Virginia is moving toward dropping work requirements for Medicaid enrollees after Democrats won full control of the state legislature for the first time in a generation. Continue reading
Sep 17 Probe into racist photo in Virginia governor’s yearbook cost nearly $368,000 By Associated Press The law firm hired to investigate the photo spent five months conducting interviews, reviewing decades of yearbooks and analyzing news reports. Continue reading
Sep 17 Virginia governor sets renewable energy goal of 100 percent by 2050 By Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Such a shift will help address climate change, a challenge that "poses potentially devastating risk to Virginia," the order said. Continue reading
Jul 09 GOP-led Virginia Legislature abruptly adjourns special session on guns By Alan Suderman, Sarah Rankin, Associated Press Lawmakers were summoned to consider a package of eight gun-control measures put forward by Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam, who called for "votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers" in response to the Virginia Beach massacre. Continue reading
Jun 07 Virginia lawmakers to meet July 9 to discuss guns after mass shooting By Associated Press Gov. Ralph Northam says the best way to respond to the May 31 mass shooting at a municipal building is with "votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers."… Continue reading
Jun 04 WATCH: Virginia governor to call special session on guns By Alan Suderman, Associated Press Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will recall lawmakers to the state Capitol in coming weeks to take up a package of gun-control legislation he said is urgently needed to prevent killings like Friday's mass shooting in Virginia Beach. Continue reading
May 22 Probe inconclusive on Virginia governor’s racist yearbook pic By Ben Finley, Associated Press Investigators on behalf of Eastern Virginia Medical School said they couldn't "conclusively determine" the identities of either person in the 35-year-old photo. Continue reading
May 21 Probe of racist photo on Virginia governor’s yearbook page completed By Ben Finley, Alan Suderman, Associated Press Eastern Virginia Medical School announced it is planning a news conference and will make a written report of the investigation public. The school gave no details about what the investigation found. Continue reading
Feb 28 Virginia first lady expresses regret after complaint of racially insensitive tour By Associated Press The mother of eighth-grader says Pam Northam singled out African-American students when passing out cotton and discussing the horrors of slavery during a tour of the governor's mansion. Northam's office said the first lady did not single anyone out. Continue reading