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Virginia’s new laws on LGBT rights, guns and abortion reflect state’s political makeover.
Jul 1, 2020
RICHMOND — Restrictions on guns tighten in Virginia on Wednesday while those governing abortion, marijuana and voting loosen under a raft of laws adopted earlier this year in a newly blue state Capitol. As the calendar flips to July, new laws will take effect around the Washington region, bumping up the minimum wage in the District, expanding community college tuition assistance in Maryland and, in Montgomery County, implementing a first-in-the-state ban on certain driveway sealants...