Last year council passed a resolution to declare that it had a housing crisis. Efforts to help will be paramount for the city’s legislative body and next mayor because Richmond’s eviction rate is second highest in the nation, the amount of people experiencing homelessness is on the rise, and the city has not been immune to national struggles for people to afford purchasing homes.| Virginia Mercury
The Virginia Mercury’s Voter Guide will help you prepare to exercise your civic rights, inform you about the candidates and lay out the elections information you need. Virginia has two United States senators and 11 congressional districts; The Mercury will focus on the contest between U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. (incumbent) and his Republican challenger Hung Cao, and four congressional district races: District 2, District 7, District 9, and District 10. We will also cover select local races,...| Virginia Mercury
Republican Derrick Anderson and Democrat Eugene Vindman are squaring off in the tightly contested 7th Congressional District.| Virginia Mercury
Nine Democratic legislators signed a statement opposing Dominion's proposal to build a natural gas plant in Chesterfield.| Virginia Mercury
The Federal Reserve cut the rate by a quarter of a percentage point, which was in line with economist expectations.| Virginia Mercury
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine defeats Republican challenger Hung Cao in Virginia to earn third term in US Senate| Virginia Mercury
The Republican Party of Virginia has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order removing approximately 6,000 Virginians from the voter rolls, filing an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the governor’s efforts. The party’s brief reached the court one day after Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme […]| Virginia Mercury
On Monday, Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme Court to block a federal court’s order for the state to add 1,600 people back to the voter rolls. The removals stemmed from an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and are at the center of two lawsuits the state is facing from voter rights […]| Virginia Mercury
On Friday morning, a federal judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging a Virginia program that has removed over 1,600 people from voter rolls since August, following an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. This means that people can be reinstated on voter rolls for the time being.| Virginia Mercury
U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Virginia for removing voters from rolls within 90 days of this year’s elections. Virginia’s League of Women Voters and the Virginia Coalition for Immigrants Rights have filed a similar suit. Earlier this week a federal judge ordered the Youngkin administration to release the names of affected voters as part of discovery in the League of Women Voters case and officials had to comply by Wednesday.| Virginia Mercury
Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order to remove more than 6,000 Virginians from the voter rolls has come under intense national scrutiny after the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit challenging its legality. With just weeks until the Nov. 5 election, the suit has amplified concerns over voter disenfranchisement and the integrity of the state’s election process mirrored in other states leading up to the presidential contest.| Virginia Mercury
For anyone who became a citizen since their last DMV visit, or who suspects they made an error filing out their paperwork that would have booted them from voter lists, there are still ways to cast a ballot in next month’s elections.| Virginia Mercury
In a significant decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a temporary stay in the ongoing legal dispute over Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that resulted in the removal of over 6,000 Virginians from the state’s voter rolls. The stay pauses a lower court’s ruling that would have required the state to restore 1,600 voters to the rolls, allowing Youngkin’s directive to remain in effect and voter removals to continue as the case proceeds.| Virginia Mercury
The Distributed Solar Alliance wants an evidentiary hearing on Dominion's interconnection rules for mid-sized solar projects.| Virginia Mercury
The bill comes after a wave of state laws centered on restricting classroom discussion or lessons dealing with sexual orientation, gender identity and race.| Virginia Mercury
Dominion has begun installing the foundations for its 2.6 gigawatt offshore wind project off the coast of Virginia Beach.| Virginia Mercury
