Newly empowered Virginia Democrats nominate the state’s first Black House speaker, Don Scott
By Sarah Rankin, The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s state House will soon have its first Black speaker in its more than 400-year history after the chamber’s incoming Democratic majority on Nov. 11 chose Del. Don Scott to serve in the post. Scott was unanimously elected speaker-designee by the House Democratic Caucus, the