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For months now, Virginia Democrats have been looking for something to put out the political fire started in January by Kathy Tran and Ralph Northam.Now they think they’ve found it, in the form of an interview with Republican Del. Bob Thomas, R-Fredericksburg.Appearing on The John Fredericks Show last week, said he supported legislation such as a law in […]
There was a time not long ago when Virginia’s “right to work” law was sacrosanct, even for Democrats. That was then, this is now. At both the state and Federal level, a number of Virginia Democrats are ramping up their efforts to roll back the Right-to-Work law. Earlier this month Rep. Bobby Scott, D-3rd, introduced […]
Even Federal judges can have second thoughts, apparently. Days after issuing an order overturning a Virginia law holding that only licensed doctors can perform abortions, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson reversed himself, reinstating the rule. Hudson’s initial ruling came in response to pre-trial motions in a suit filed in 2018 that is just now headed […]
Bad apples in the towing industry are a menace to society, yet they largely operate with impunity, writes McCarty.
If you’re an in-state student at many of Virginia’s four-year colleges, we have good news — your wallet won’t be getting any lighter than last year. For the first time in over a decade, tuition at major Virginia college and universities will be held steady, stopping a trend of eye-popping tuition increases. Republican legislators included $52 million […]
Are there cracks forming in the blue wall of support for a controversial late-term abortion bill? Possibly. In comments posted to her campaign Facebook page last week, Democrat Martha Mugler said she would not have supported House Bill 2491, brought forward by Del. Kathy Tran in late January. “I would have not have supported Virginia […]
Customers of Virginia’s largest utility will see their bills lowered by $33 on average in June, thanks to Federal and state legislation. Dominion Energy customers will get a credit on their June bills, according to the company, as the utility passes on tax savings from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican-sponsored tax cut […]
If the national conversation on abortion is changing, Democrats aren’t listening. Days after Governor Ralph Northam grudgingly signed a new restriction the use of state funding for abortion into law, Virginia Democrats show no sign of backing off from their controversial support for late term abortion. Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his opposition to Northam’s […]
It hasn’t made many headlines, but there’s a major change coming to abortion law in Virginia. Language in the newly-passed Virginia budget bill will for the first time prohibit the use of public funds for abortion except when required by Federal law. Governor Ralph Northam signed the 2019 budget bill containing the language into law […]
Farmers, Realtors, and other professional groups shouldn’t be allowed to form their own health plans, according to Governor Ralph Northam. The reason? Those folks might be too healthy. Northam, a Democrat, vetoed two bills late Thursday that would have allowed trade associations and other professional groups to go outside the current marketplace system set up under Obamacare […]
