Northam Calls Special Session for Gun Control

Calling for more “votes and laws” over “thoughts and prayers,” Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said he would call the Virginia General Assembly back into session to pass new gun control legislation. Meanwhile, Republicans said they would use the session to pass strong, new mandatory-minimum sentences for criminals who use guns in the course of the […]

Speaker Cox: Tuition Freeze Working, Hopes to Make It Happen Again Next Year

Earlier this year, Virginia Republicans froze college tuition for the first time in 20 years. Now the highest ranking Republican in Richmond wants to see it happen again next year. “This is a good first step,” said said House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, speaking with WOQI’s Mari and Brian in Lynchburg Friday morning. “Next […]

Pot, Kettle: Democrat Takes Aim at GOP, Hits Self Squarely in Foot

For a rock aficionado, Democrat Del. Ibraheem Samriah seems to enjoy living in a glass house quite a bit. Samirah, the recently-elected Northern Virginia Democrat with a history of anti-Semitic rhetoric, took to Twitter this week to castigate Republican for having the audacity to accept money from political lobbyists. “Isn’t it a strange coincident hat […]

In Name Only: Reaction to Northam Report Shows Governor a Lame Duck

First came the report, which was inconclusive. Then came the reaction, which was anything but. To say the response to the Eastern Virginia Medical School report on Governor Ralph Northam’s racist photo debacle has been unkind is the understatement of the decade. Governor Northam told WHSV that the report vindicates him. “I think it was […]

Democrat Keynote Speaker: Jefferson No, Late-Term Abortion Yes.

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg might feel right at home with Virginia Democrats at their annual gala fundraiser next month. Tax hikes? Yes. Thomas Jefferson? No. Late term abortion? Yes. Buttigieg, the Mayor of South Bend, Ind., staked out a series of controversial positions in the past few days: no restrictions on late-term abortion, higher taxes […]