Glenn Youngkin

Here’s what to know about Virginia’s final guidance for banning students from using cellphones in school.

Here’s what to know on Virginia’s plan to ban students from using cellphones in school.

More than 100 lawmakers wrote a letter to Youngkin urging him to bring the free filing program to the Commonwealth.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced an executive order to restrict or eliminate cellphones in Virginia schools. Families and educators will have the chance to weigh in in community meetings before rules are established in August. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

CNBC named Virginia the best state in the country in which to do business for the third time in five years. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder spoke with Gov. Glenn Youngkin about the announcement and several issues facing the commonwealth.

The education department has a few weeks to draft a statewide plan for how to eliminate or limit cellphones in classrooms. News4’s Joseph Olmo asked some Virginians what they think about the possibility of a school phone ban.

Public school students across the state of Virginia could be banned from using their cell phones in class in the coming months. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order Tuesday to establish “cellphone-free education,” saying the initiative aims to improve youth mental health and safety. The Republican governor’s order directs the Virginia Department of Education to come up...

The Virginia governor has directed the education department to implement a statewide policy for public schools.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin spoke live on News4 Today about the need for restoration of a benefit for military families. News4 asked him about Donald Trump’s recent remark that Trump is considering Youngkin as a potential running mate for vice president.

The Virginia Senate has failed to take up a bill to exempt some military families from pending changes in eligibility for a state program for educational benefits at public colleges and universities. Facing an uproar from military families, Gov. Glenn Youngkin had asked lawmakers to tweak portions of a recently signed bill that would have prevented some from accessing the...

Virginia military families are fighting education benefits yanked from them in the state budget. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Winder has been following the story.

Earlier this week, News4 reported that Virginia’s bipartisan state budget stripped away some benefits from Gold Star families and families of severely disabled veterans. It turns out that the changes also removed the same benefits from all Virginia first responders, including law enforcement officers, firefighters, National Guard members and more.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia will abandon California’s stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of the year when that state’s current regulations expire. Youngkin made the announcement Wednesday citing an opinion from Attorney General Jason Miyares that states that Virginia isn’t required to comply with new mandates when they take effect on Jan. 1....

Virginia’s recently approved state budget changed a program that pays in-state college tuition for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled because of their duty.

Virginia’s recently approved state budget changed a state program that pays in-state college tuition costs for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled as a result of their duty. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the military families say the changes are preventing some of them from receiving a promised benefit.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed the Right to Contraception Act as Democrats across the U.S. try to protect and expand birth control access, Republicans block those attempts and concerns about reproductive rights rise as a 2024 election issue.

Youngkin has taken action on his final batch of bills from the 2024 General Assembly session.

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has taken final action on a last batch of bills from the year’s regular legislative session. In a statement late Friday, Youngkin said he was signing seven measures but vetoing 48. Among those he vetoed were closely watched bills that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and allowed small businesses...

Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly has passed a compromise budget plan and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed it. The plan signed Monday afternoon includes more funds for public schools, a pay bump for teachers and other government workers and no changes in Virginia’s tax policies. The compromise ended a long-running standoff between Youngkin and legislative leaders over the two-year spending...

Democratic Virginia lawmakers again are trying to get Gov. Glenn Youngkin to sign legislation guaranteeing access to a wide array of contraception medications and devices.  Democrats got 37,000 Virginians to sign a petition for Youngkin to sign the Right to Contraception Act approved by the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate and House of Delegates. Guaranteeing access to all contraception is crucial, co-sponsor…