2026 Virginia General Assembly preview: Dems contend with tricky budget
With Abigail Spanberger set to become governor, Virginia Democrats enter the 2026 General Assembly session with control of state government and major budgetary challenges.
Spanberger stresses need for stable biz environment
Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger said she will prioritize a business climate that is stable, predictable and affordable.
Virginia Senate Democrat files right-to-work repeal bill
Democratic state Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy has filed legislation to repeal Virginia's right-to-work law, potentially sparking an intraparty conflict with Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger.
Spanberger, Earle-Sears speak on right-to-work, talent pipelines
Virginia's gubernatorial candidates discussed business and how to strengthen the state's workforce pipeline.
Representing the underdogs
Although it’s hard to think way back to January 2020, a time before a year of social unrest, pandemic and economic peril, that’s when Virginia’s legislature and executive branch became majority-Democrat for the first time since 1993. However, even if some Virginians forgot about this significant shift, Republican lawmakers have not. Just before Thanksgiving, Virginia […]
Could Democratic General Assembly repeal Va.’s right-to-work laws?
Buoyed by the Virginia legislature’s new Democratic majority, bills to repeal Virginia’s right-to-work laws have the greatest chance of making it to the governor‘s desk in a generation, predict political scientists. “I think it absolutely will [get repealed], but it will be a big fight,” says Elsie Harper-Anderson, director of the Ph.D. program in public […]














