President Biden used his clemency power today, his last full day of presidency, to pardon 5 individuals, and commute the sentences of 2 others. One of those pardons went to Speaker of the Virginia ...

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.

It looks like it'll be a rematch this year between Democrat Sara Ratcliffe and Republican incumbent Del. Nick Freitas in ...

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.

The House of Delegates and Senate are presenting a united front in pending budget negotiations with Gov. Glenn Youngkin on ...

As Virginia’s General Assembly reaches “crossover” on Tuesday — the midpoint of the legislative session when bills move from ...

The Virginia House of Delegates overwhelmingly voted in support of two bills that will make it easier for you to get money ...

House Bill 1699 passed the Virginia House of Delegates by a 53-42 vote Friday, with Del. Alex Askew (D-95) collaborating with state Sen. Angelia Williams-Graves (D-21). "We should have our values ...

On his last full day in the White House President Joe Biden pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, who ...

moved to Virginia and decided to take the state bar exam in 2014. He opened his law office in Portsmouth in 2016 and was elected to the House of Delegates in 2019. With a quick wit and sharp ...

In 2024, he made history as the first Black Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Portsmouth’s Don Scott now Virginia’s first Black Speaker of House Biden’s statement noted that Scott ...