Ben Paviour
Ben Paviour is reporting in Virginia as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. He previously covered courts, criminal justice and state politics for VPM News — with a focus on accountability.
He previously covered politics and culture in Cambodia and lived pre-journalism lives as a tech writer at Google and a program manager for a youth job training program in Alameda County, California.
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Efforts to ban personal spending of campaign cash, cap contributions fail. -
With a divided government, most controversial legislation got blocked.
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Bert Ellis vowed to fight a “battle royale for the soul of the school” in a series of newly revealed text messages.
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The Richmond state senator beat Republican pastor Leon Benjamin Sr.
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In a Richmond area special election, Virginia has elected its first Black woman to Congress. Democratic State Sen. Jennifer McClellan won easily in the heavily Democratic district.
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Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The sole remaining General Assembly bill to establish sales regulations by 2024 died Tuesday.
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Ann-Frances Lambert failed to set up a campaign committee for her current House of Delegates run.
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Virginia towing companies want to hike their fees. Some lawmakers aren’t sold.
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If this General Assembly doesn’t act, the issue will likely sit unresolved until at least 2024.
