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Del. Alfonzo Lopez, D-Arlington, right, and Del. Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, give each other high fives with their baseball gloves after the House session at the Capitol Sunday March 8 , 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Virginia reshaped as Democrats put historic stamp on  laws
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.