- Virginia House committee advances 4 proposed constitutional amendments
- Gov. Glenn Youngkin: Virginia is stronger ‘by every single metric’
- Virginia lawmakers propose a bevy of data center reform bills
- UVA rector meets with state lawmakers about Jim Ryan’s exit
- Virginia’s 1924 racial segregation law targeted Native Americans for decades
Scenes from the 2026 Virginia General Assembly session
VPM News photographer Shaban Athuman is back at the Virginia State Capitol for what promises to be another eventful General Assembly session.
Over the next two months, he will bring you regular updates from the legislature — starting with Friday, a day of transition as lawmakers prepared for the inauguration and outgoing Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears passed the Senate president’s gavel to her successor, Ghazala Hashmi.
2026 Virginia inauguration information
Unfortunately, this week’s episode of BizSense Beat fell victim to a terminal case of technical difficulties. Instead, here’s what you need to know about what’s going on this weekend around Abigail Spanberger’s inauguration as Virginia’s 75th governor — and how you can watch or listen to VPM’s coverage:
- Former Virginia Supreme Court Justice Bill Mims will administer the oath of office to Spanberger. Coverage across VPM platforms starts at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. You can watch it on TV on VPM PBS Channel 23, follow the livestream on VPM.org or PBS NewsHour or tune in on the radio at 88.9 FM, 93.1 FM or 107.3 FM.
- Following Spanberger’s swearing-in, a parade will run through Capitol Square featuring several performances — including one by Spanberger’s alma mater, the J.R. Tucker High School Marching Tigers.
- To close out the weekend’s festivities, Spanberger and first gentleman Adam Spanberger will host an inaugural ball at Main Street Station Saturday night, followed by an open house at the executive mansion from 2–4 p.m. Sunday.
This week in VPM News Shorts: Legal weed retail; constitutional amendments
What happened this week in VPM News Shorts?
On Tuesday, Dean Mirshahi unpacked his reporting on Virginia being on track to finally establish a legal retail market for recreational marijuana. And Keyris Manzanares closed the week with a look at the four constitutional amendments that Virginians will get to vote on after the state Senate approved them Friday.
Don’t forget, you can watch all our Shorts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
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