Virginia Public Radio

Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center set up to host the House of Delegates. (Credit: Cat Modlin-Jackson)

In a year of historic firsts, members of the state legislature gathered in Richmond Tuesday, with senators meeting in a science museum and delegates conducting business in a basketball arena.

Months into a global epidemic and national unrest, the General Assembly’s special session kicked off with a rocky start in the House…or rather, in the arena.

Cat Modlin-Jackson has this report.