Virginia’s legislative session is scheduled to end this weekend. And it was a historic one.

For the first time in decades Democrats were in power, not just of the Governor’s mansion but of both chambers of the legislature.

Now that things are wrapping up, Mallory Noe-Payne has a look at just what Democrats were able to accomplish.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. (Credit: CDC)

No one in Virginia has tested positive for the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19, as of midday Wednesday.

But officials are assuring Virginians they’re prepared for if or when the disease comes to the state.

Mallory Noe-Payne reports.

Joe Biden during his time as Vice President (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann)

Joe Biden was the big winner in Virginia last night. Unofficial results show more than half of Virginia Democratic primary voters cast a ballot in his favor.

Mallory Noe-Payne has reaction from some of his supporters.

It’s Virginia’s turn. Voters in the Commonwealth get to register their voices in the Democratic Presidential primary.

Mallory Noe-Payne chatted with some of those voters at a polling place in downtown Richmond.

Governor Ralph Northam has signed a bill making it illegal to practice so-called “conversion therapy” on children in Virginia.

Michael Pope reports.

Gov. Ralph Northam

Governor Ralph Northam is considering how to handle a bill mandating paid sick days.

As Michael Pope reports, he’s considering a change that advocates say could undermine the purpose of the bill.

Democrats in the more conservative state Senate are taking the edges off a lot of the more progressive bills passed by the House of Delegates.

As Michael Pope reports, one of those bills changes who is authorized to perform weddings.

Members of the Virginia House of Delegate will vote on a constitutional amendment that could dramatically change how legislative districts are drawn.

Michael Pope reports.

A bipartisan measure that would have given state regulators more oversight over Dominion’s utility rates has died in a Senate committee.

Mallory Noe-Payne has details on Monday evening’s vote.

Sec. of Public Safety Brian Moran

So far, Virginia has seen no confirmed cases of the new coronavirus – COVID-19.

But state agencies are gearing up and keeping track of people at increased risk for contracting the disease.

Sandy Hausman has that story.

Voters between the ages of 18 and 23 make up about 10% of the electorate this year, according to the Pew Research Center.

That could be a make-or-break margin for the list of candidates on Tuesday’s ballot.

Cat Modlin-Jackson has the story.

The Virginia Board of Elections says about 80,000 people asked for an absentee ballot for the Democratic presidential primary tomorrow.

About 55,000 ballots have been returned. And that’s pointing to a low turnout on Super Tuesday.

Joe Staniunas has more.

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Voters between the ages of 18 and 23 make up about 10% of the electorate this year, according to the Pew Research Center.

That could be a make-or-break margin for the list of candidates on Tuesday’s ballot.

Cat Modlin-Jackson has the story.

A tourist attraction that reportedly drew a visit from Thomas Jefferson is set for a long needed renovation.  And as a rising sea level encroaches on Virginia Beach the city may have found a cheap and plentiful weapon to use against it.

Those have been among the most read stories over the past week at the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link.

More now from Fred Echols.