Eight staff and 40 inmates are infected with COVID-19 and a third of inmates are in quarantine at the Prince William County Adult Detention Center.

The U.S. Capitol Police says its acting chief Yogananda Pittman is working to improve operations after Jan. 6. The union says it has no confidence in Pittman or other top police leaders.

Activists say they want Virginia to follow D.C. and allow convicted felons to vote from prison, but Democrats are taking a more moderate approach in pushing for voting rights to be automatically restored after someone is released.

Vehicle thefts are up 72% over last year in D.C., and the city’s top cop says he’s partnering with regional and federal law enforcement to take control.

The Democrat-led General Assembly has advanced a number of major progressive priorities, sometimes to the surprise of advocates.

Senators vote 21-17 on party lines to end capital punishment, but the House of Delegates has to pass its own bill before the death penalty can be abolished.

Students will be back in schools two days a week.

A survey by Christopher Newport University shows widespread support for many of the Virginia Democrats’ key initiatives in current legislative session in Richmond.

Voters will choose all the House of Delegates members using old districts, instead of newly redrawn maps.

Violent crime victims opposed bringing back parole, while families of the incarcerated said their loved ones deserved a second chance.