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 ...

JAHD KHALIL, BYLINE: In 2018, Don Scott was a successful trial lawyer in Portsmouth, Va. He was representing a city councilman charged with forgery. That put him in the public eye. DON SCOTT ...

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.

Virginia Del. Don Scott Jr. made history Wednesday when he was sworn in as the state's first Black speaker of the House of Delegates. The Portsmouth Democrat, who was first elected to the 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.

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Del. Don Scott Jr. made history Wednesday when he was sworn in as the state's first Black speaker of the House of Delegates. The Portsmouth Democrat, who was first ...

And in the Virginia House, it appears that more history will be made with the new cohort. In January, Don Scott, delegate from Portsmouth, is poised to make history as the first Black Speaker of ...

RICHMOND — Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (D-Portsmouth) and his wife, Mellanda, were having their coffee and slowly ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Portsmouth delegate is accused of mishandling client fees. The Virginia State Bar reprimanded Del. Don Scott, saying one of the Scott's clients paid him $20,000 in legal fees ...

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.

The Virginia General Assembly unanimously elected Democrat Don Scott as house speaker ... you never really feel comfortable," Scott told NPR, from his office in Portsmouth. "You always feel ...