The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.

The Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 9 to 6 Tuesday to send the Tysons casino bill to the full ...

The state Senate also backed proposed amendments to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution and to automatically restore voting rights to felons who served their terms.

The split is clearest in the Virginia Senate, where Majority Leader Scott ... Stella Pekarsky, D-Fairfax. Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax, is rallying opposition with help from Sen.

The votes followed an emotional floor debate on abortion — and an unusual parliamentary tussle over whether the Democratic ...

read a letter given to her by U.S. Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton, who currently serves the 10th District of Virginia but previously held Boysko’s seat in the state Senate. Virginia lawmakers ...

Virginia state Sen. Jennifer Boysko speaks in Richmond against legislation ... Scott Surovell, the Virginia Senate majority leader. “It would generate hundreds of millions in tax revenue for ...