RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — History was made on Wednesday as Virginia opened up its 2024 legislative session. Portsmouth Del. Don Scott was officially sworn in as The Commonwealth’s first Black ...

Del. Don Scott, a rising star among Virginia Democrats with a unique story, was voted in as speaker of the Virginia Statehouse. ... Thank you, Portsmouth, Va. KHALIL: General Assembly starts tomorrow.

Virginia Legislature elects Don Scott as its first Black speaker of the house Del. Don Scott, ... a 58 year-old Navy veteran and lawyer representing the Southeastern Virginia city of Portsmouth, ...

RICHMOND — During a recess on his first day as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, Don L. Scott Jr. (D-Portsmouth) was posing for photos with seemingly everyone in the packed House chamber.

In January, he will be sworn in as Virginia’s first African American Speaker of the House of Delegates making Portsmouth Del. Don Scott one of the most powerful people in the Commonwealth.

New Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, is sworn in by Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernard Goodwyn, right, during the opening of the 2024 session of ...

State leaders are celebrating in Portsmouth on Monday, marking the signing of Virginia’s Momnibus, a sweeping package of new ...

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Election Day is November 7, and all 140 seats in the Virginia General Assembly are up for grabs. This is also Virginia’s first election since legislative district maps were ...

Virginia Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, gestured muring a point of personal privledge during the House session at the Capitol Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Virginia Speaker of the House of Delegates Don Scott says faith and family forged his path to redemption— a journey he hopes inspires anyone who has ever made a mistake.