Budget Battle Lines form as Democrat Groups Squabble Over Budget
The ink on Governor Ralph Northam’s only full two-year budget isn’t even dry, and there’s already a war brewing among Democratic interest groups. Rolled out to much fanfare on Tuesday, the budget plan includes just over $390 million in new spending for K-12 education and over $700 million for to fight climate change. Neither of those sums are chump […]
RSLC’s Unprecedented Play in Virginia
The outcome of the 2019 legislative elections is not what Republicans wanted to see, but it does not come without any silver linings. Democrats continue to underperform Hillary Clinton and Ralph Northam in legislative elections. Strong female candidates like Jen Kiggans, Senator Siobhan Dunnavant, and Carrie Coyner won, giving us a bench to build from […]