Del. Amanda Batten, R-James City County, left, leads other Delegates out of the chamber after the House adjourned until Thursday at the Capitol Sunday March 8 , 2020, in Richmond, Va. The Legislature will take up the budget bills as well as judges on Thursday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
March 8, 2020
Stories this photo appears in:
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.