“It’s an information problem,” one driver tells DCist/WAMU. “I didn’t know what I was running into.”

It marks a shift from guidance the state issued last month, which recommended masking indoors at some schools.

The state is already scheduled to relax some restrictions on May 15.

Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia are among the five schools required to create scholarships for descendants of slaves.

Northam cited Virginia’s need for an experienced leader to combat the long-term impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

Just over 16% of Virginians are fully vaccinated.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed a statewide voting rights act designed to protect voters against suppression, discrimination, and other forms of intimidation, his office announced Wednesday.