David Toscano

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State of the states

In a new book, longtime local lawmaker David Toscano delivers a timely civics lesson

A change is gonna come

“No pipeline.” “Climate action now.” “That awkward moment when you burn your own planet.” On December 6, a crowd of...

In brief

Scandal marred It was the most eventful—and scandal-plagued— session of the General Assembly in recent memory. Over...

Raising the vaping age

By Shrey Dua Daniel Devlin is a 20-year-old UVA student who’s been vaping since he was 18. If Virginia lawmakers get...

Confederates win

Ultimately, no one was surprised that a House of Delegates subcommittee, made up of eight white men, killed a bill...

In brief

Dead or alive The General Assembly has been in session two weeks, and it is whittling down the more than 2,000 bills...

On hold

All is quiet along the proposed path of the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline, now that five federal permits have...

In brief

Awkward moments: Fields trial edition When we crammed more than two weeks of trial proceedings into a 4,000-word...

In brief

Tony the self-driving shuttle Perrone Robotics cranked up the driverless vehicle heat last week with the awkwardly...

In brief

County boots Trump chicken Albemarle County said the state of emergency declared for the August 11-12 weekend was...