The Virginia House ended its 2026 session in a burst of drama — a skill games bill that died and came back to life, a landmark labor vote decades in the making, and a budget so broken lawmakers had to invent a resolution to punt it to April.
Virginia's House ended its 2026 session with a skill games bill that died and came back to life in twenty minutes, a landmark vote to end a Jim Crow-era labor ban — and no budget. Here's how it all unraveled on the final day.
In a single afternoon, the House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced constitutional amendments on abortion, voting rights, marriage equality, and redistricting — over bitter Republican resistance
In a single afternoon, Virginia's House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced four constitutional amendments — on abortion, voting rights, marriage equality, and redistricting — setting up the biggest ballot fight the state has seen in years.
Dozens of Virginians showed up to Hampton Roads' state budget hearing with urgent, specific demands — and heartbreaking stories to back them up.
Angel Pie was Ubering to make a little extra money for when her son came home from the hospital. He didn't come home. Now she's asking Virginia legislators to fix the home care system that failed them both.