On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.

On his last full day as President, Biden issued pardons for 5 people including Don Scott, Marcus Garvey, and Kemba Pradia, a ...

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott was pardoned Sunday by President Joe Biden for a felony drug conviction Scott received in ...

President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil ...

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to ...

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted ...

With the inauguration of President Trump around the corner, we Virginians aren’t too far out from our 2025 gubernatorial race ...

A recent state study found that, left unchecked, the industry’s expansion could triple Virginia’s electricity needs by 2040.

More than 1,000 bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In this weekly series, the Mercury takes a look ...

Legislators from both parties have introduced measures to create a stand fund to support emergency management programs across ...

Del. Kim Taylor, whose district includes Petersburg, reacts criticism of her support: 'False information and name-calling to ...