Marie Albiges

Gun control, marijuana decriminalization and the removal of a state holiday honoring Confederate generals are among the changes to Virginia's laws going into effect Wednesday.

Virginia laws are getting more liberal. Here are the changes going into effect Wednesday.

July 1, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

They ran on making Virginia safer and more equitable. Now, the bills that the Democrats who gained control of the General Assembly last year passed during this winter's legislative session...

EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - Protesters gather around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, Tuesday June 2, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The crowd protesting police brutality chanted "Tear it down." (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

In victory for civil rights activists, statue of Robert E. Lee will come down, Gov. Northam says

June 4, 2020 at 11:55 p.m.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday he was taking steps to remove the Richmond statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee following several days of unrest and protests in the city...

Senate President Pro Tempore, Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, right, gets a hug form Lt. gov. Justin Fairfax, after the vote to pass the ERA Resolution as she presides over the Senate at the Capitol, Monday Jan 27, 2020, in Richmond, Va. The resolution passed 27-12. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A year ago, a racist photo nearly brought down Virginia’s governor. What has changed — and what hasn’t?

January 31, 2020 at 7:44 p.m.

During his State of the Commonwealth address earlier this month, Gov. Ralph Northam spoke to Virginia lawmakers about taking an "honest look" at the state's past. After congratulating the new...

Thousands gather for the gun rally at the Capitol in Richmond on Monday, January 20, 2020.

Thousands descend on Virginia’s statehouse to protest proposed gun laws

January 20, 2020 at 9:24 p.m.

Thousands of mostly white men — many decked out in camouflage and armed with assault-style rifles — packed Richmond's streets Monday, circling the gun-free Capitol Square, where thousands more waved...

Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe

August 25, 2019 at 5:22 a.m.

A photo from Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook shows him and another person in racist costumes — one wearing blackface and one a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood,...

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