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For decades, people have debated whether an Atlantic menhaden industrial fishing fleet is fishing sustainably in the Chesapeake Bay. But without solid data, fishing continues.

Members of the state Senate are considering a bill that would ban the purchase or sale of assault weapons in Virginia.

Mandatory minimum sentences became popular in the 1990s, a time when law and order lawmakers added so many offenses to the list that Virginia prisons strained to accommodate all the inmates.

The grant will largely help cover non-structural project elements, such as elevating homes.

Even before federal agents shot and killed a second U.S. citizen in Minnesota over the weekend, Democrats in Virginia were looking to limit future agreements between federal agencies and state and local law enforcement when immigration is involved.

Charlottesville residents rallied Friday evening in solidarity with those in Minneapolis, where thousands took to the streets over immigration enforcement actions. WMRA’s Anjoleigh Schindler reports.

Labor politics are at the center of a debate over collective bargaining.

A range of shifting perspectives — across the state and the country — will affect how legal sales are established in the Commonwealth.

How much will the Democrats’ affordability agenda cost? That's a question members of the House and Senate will be asking themselves during the legislative session this year as they balance the books for the fiscal year.

A six-year pilot program in Chesapeake aims to establish a model for cutting climate pollution in the industrial sector.