Deputy Clerk for Information Technology, Sharon Steidel, and key staff members shared the upgrades to the Legislative Information System (LIS) on January 6th, just in time for the start of the General Assembly on January 14th. The primary goal of these 2026 session website updates is to streamline the tracking of the General Assembly by making the site more intuitive and reducing the number of manual steps for users. This review summarizes the key upgrades and structural impr

On January 3, a powerful conversation took center stage at the Wesley Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. Angela White, founder of House of Dreams ReEntry and the newly launched Restorative Identity Lab, hosted a community screening of the ACLU's vital documentary: Injustice: The Hidden Crisis in Virginia Prisons. The event drew more than 20 dedicated community advocates, organizational partners, and family members of those currently navigating the Virginia Department o