Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03) of the House Committee on Education and Workforce condemned President Donald Trump’s ...

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.

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.

President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the ...

Attorney Don Scott in his car in front of the Portsmouth Judicial Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, Nov. 14, 2018. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot) About eight months after his release ...

Virginia Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott says faith and family forged his path to redemption— a journey he hopes inspires anyone who has ever made a mistake.

Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over ...

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to ...

On his last full day in the White House, President Joe Biden has pardoned Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who served nearly eight years in prison after a 1994 conviction on ...

Parental rights at center of reproductive health debate. Filmmaker Ken Burns headed to Richmond. Regal Cinemas at River Ridge set to begin serving alcohol.