The Democrat-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.

After an abortion amendment passed in the Virginia Senate, ABC 13 is breaking down what this would mean for Virginia.

The Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 9 to 6 Tuesday to send the Tysons casino bill to the full Senate. The bill would give Fairfax County the ability to ask voters if they want a casino in Tysons.

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RICHMOND, Va. (CN) — The Virginia Senate voted Tuesday to advance a trio of constitutional amendments to guarantee Virginians' right to abortion care, automatically restore voting rights to disenfranchised felons and remove an antiquated law banning same-sex marriage .

That difficult -- sometimes terrifying -- moment when someone’s psychosis or neurological disorder sparks an act that brings police to the scene has become a focus of attention for the General Assembly.

Amid forecasts that Virginia will see the third-highest rent increases in the nation this year, lawmakers are acknowledging the affordable housing crisis but remain divided on solutions.

The votes followed an emotional floor debate on abortion — and an unusual parliamentary tussle over whether the Democratic leader had violated the chamber’s decorum,

The state Senate also backed proposed amendments to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution and to automatically restore voting rights to felons who served their terms.

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National Guard deployment, restaurant menus and immigration feature in three bills moving through Virginia General Assembly

The Trump administration’s latest move to freeze payments on several federal programs has sparked alarm among Virginia Democrats, who are questioning how the halt might impact critical funding. “I am concerned that yesterday we learned that the Trump administration is pausing federal grants,