Gov. Glenn Youngkin criticized state Democrats’ call for a special session on redistricting and said the state of emergency will be in effect to support families in need of food relief for as long as possible.

Virginia Democrats who control the majorities in the State Senate and the House of Delegates are taking steps to redraw the Commonwealth’s U.S. House districts.

A yearslong legal challenge to Gov. Glenn Youngkin over access to records concerning his administration’s changes to voting rights restoration entered a new chapter this year, after the Virginia Court of Appeals in August ruled that the case,