I pressed four years for this speech,” Whitehouse posted… Picture the scene: One of the world’s top golfers has just finished a terrible round on the course at the Dubai Desert Classic and moments later he’s swapped his putter for a crayon,

Virginia’s former governor, Doug Wilder, is celebrating his 94th birthday! On Friday, the General Assembly will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wilder’s historic election as the first African American Lieutenant Governor of Virginia.

Legislation to set up a regulated retail market for marijuana passed a first General Assembly hurdle on the same kind of party line vote on the essentially identical bill that Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed last year.

Lawmakers on a Virginia Senate committee have greenlit a proposal to legalize and regulate adult-use marijuana sales in the state, advancing a bill from Sen. Aaron Rouse (D) on a 8–7 vote. Friday’s OK from the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services clears the first hurdle on the measure’s journey during Virginia’s short,