This Independence Day may feel different for many Americans. Around the country, there are protests planned against Trump’s ...

Shenandoah, a former Speaker of the House of Delegates and more recently House Minority Leader, to be U.S. attorney for the ...

A series of new leglistation, dubbed the "Virginia Momnibus" and aimed at improving maternal health outcomes, was signed in ...

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

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.

Following his incarceration, Scott began serving as an attorney and was elected to the Virginia legislature in 2019, serving Virginia’s 88th district which covers most of the city of Portsmouth.

Following his incarceration, Scott began serving as an attorney and was elected to the Virginia legislature in 2019, serving Virginia’s 88th district, which covers most of the City of Portsmouth.

RICHMOND, Va. — President Joe Biden officially pardoned Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (D - Portsmouth) on the 1994 federal drug charges for which Scott previously served eight years in prison.

Del. Don Scott (D-Portsmouth), the first Black person to serve as speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, was convicted in 1994 of a non-violent federal drug-related offense.

Virginia Speaker of the House Don Scott addresses the House of Delegates at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. MIKE KROPF, TIMES-DISPATCH ...

As WUSA9 sat down to interview Virginia’s Speaker of the House, it was evident that Portsmouth Democrat Don Scott is a bit unconventional.

According to CBS News, Don Scott Jr., a Democrat from Portsmouth, Virginia, made history by becoming the state’s first Black speaker of the House of Delegates on Jan. 9.