Money & Jobs

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed several workers’ rights bills into law, but her proposed changes to legislation to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board would delay the implementation of such a board.

Governor Abigail Spanberger announced Thursday she’d signed bills aimed at helping Virginia workers, including legislation to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2028. 

Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office announced Monday she had signed legislation aimed at creating thousands of new jobs and attracting billions of dollars worth of investment in Virginia. 

In a massive display of solidarity, a large crowd of home care workers, campus workers, teachers, electricians, and grocery store workers rallied in downtown Richmond on Wednesday evening in support of expanding collective bargaining rights. 

Charlottesville school support professionals are slated to get annual 10.5% raises, but some won’t get paid federal holidays.

President Donald Trump wants to impose new tariffs on Americans despite a recent US Supreme Court ruling blocking a different attempt to do so. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is joining the fight against what amounts to a tax on everyday Americans. 

The legislation would allow live-in domestic workers and home care workers to earn overtime pay. 

A bill that would lift Virginia’s ban on public sector bargaining may exclude underpaid and in-demand home care workers. They’re fighting back.

Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to lift the state ban on collective bargaining for state employees, but whether higher education workers and home care workers ultimately get included remains to be seen.

A Virginia Senate committee pushed forward a series of bills on Monday aimed at strengthening the rights of workers.