President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Don Scott.

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott was pardoned Sunday by President Joe Biden for a felony drug conviction Scott received in 1994 while he was a law school student.

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.

The Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly voted in support of two bills that will make it easier for you to get money that you're owed from the State Treasurer.

Virginia took another decisive step in its ongoing reckoning with its Confederate past as the House of Delegates in a bipartisan move approved legislation to strip tax-exempt status from organizations tied to the Confederacy.

Last week, the Virginia House of Delegates approved his bill, House Bill 1601, which would require cities and counties to conduct site assessments of the locations where they're considering ...

On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison on a drug-related offense.

moved to Virginia and decided to take the state bar exam in 2014. He opened his law office in Portsmouth in 2016 and was elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. With a quick wit and sharp ...

In 2024, he made history as the first Black Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Portsmouth’s Don Scott now Virginia’s first Black Speaker of House Biden’s statement noted that Scott ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went ...

Now, a year after Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, made history as Virginia’s first Black speaker of the House of Delegates, he organized a look back at what those Virginians accomplished ...

A proposed new review board would weigh in on proposals to build solar farms across the state. County officials fear a lack of local control and a possible change of character affecting farms and forestlands.