Is the Virginia General Assembly taking a cue from General Motors or perhaps General Mills? On a construction fence surrounding the General Assembly Building (GAB) on Richmond’s Capitol Square is this ...

Beginning Thursday, Oct. 12, the GAB will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and on the weekends when the General Assembly is in session.

In July 1619, Virginia held the first gathering of the General Assembly, marking the formality of law in the young colony. By March 1620, 32 Africans were documented living in Virginia; 15 men and ...

Virginia's new General Assembly building is slated to open to the public on October 11. ... "This blending of old and new is indicative of the legislative body itself, tracing its roots to 1619 but ...