House Speaker, Del. Eileen Filler-Corn, left, majority leader, Del. Charniele Herring, D-Alexandria, center, and Del. Marcus Simon, D-Fairfax, right, confer with a clerk during the House session at the Capitol Saturday March 7 , 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
March 8, 2020
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March 8, 2020 6:26 p.m.
Virginia reshaped as Democrats put historic stamp on laws
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic legislators in Virginia have dramatically reshaped the state in two months, sweeping aside many of the state’s old business-friendly and socially conservative laws and replacing them with a broad, progressive policy agenda.