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Governor Northam’s ‘Second Chance Week’ has claimed another legislative casualty. The Democratic governor announced Thursday that he had vetoed House Bill 2528, a bill that would have made drug dealers who sell synthetic opioids like heroin laced with Fentanyl responsible for the deaths of their customers. The legislation passed both House and Senate with bipartisan majorities. […]
Mandatory minimum sentences have to go, even for crimes of violence, Governor Ralph Northam said Wednesday. Northam, a Democrat, vetoed two bills that would have established mandatory minimum sentences in two instances — a 60-day term for domestic abusers who commit a second act of abuse in 10 years, and six month term for anyone […]
Governor Ralph Northam has vetoed a bipartisan effort to take some of the partisan rancor out of the Virginia State Board of Elections. Northam, a Democrat, issued the veto on Monday, putting an end to this year’s effort to add some bipartisanship to a state department recently accused of political bias. “This was a good-faith […]
Sometimes it seems like Democrats and the press don’t think anyone is paying attention. President Trump held a rally in Green Bay last week, and during his usual free form remarks, he once again took Governor Ralph Northam and other Democrats to the woodshed for their views on abortion. As reported by CNN: “The baby […]
Apart from refusing contributions from Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, neither Governor Ralph Northam, nor Attorney General Mark Herring, both of whom admitted to wearing blackface years ago, have sought to sponsor a table at the fundraising event, showing that scandals still engulf Virginia Democrats.
Primary season brings out some interesting ideas, especially at the national level. Things like “Medicare for All,” “Forgive all student loans,” “Flat taxes for everyone,” and “Let terrorists in jail vote.” Wait, what? Yes, voting rights for incarcerated terrorists. Long-time Vermont socialist and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders embraced that position at a town hall in Massachusetts earlier this week, telling a […]
A three-judge panel in Michigan has ruled that chalking a tire is a Fourth Amendment search, explaining further that it does not constitute a reasonable search.
By conforming Virginia tax law to the recently-altered federal law, Virginians should be able to file their state taxes without complications by next Wednesday.
When it comes to the fastest area of population growth in the Commonwealth, one may speculate the suburbs of Northern Virginia next to Washington, D.C., or Hampton Roads, or Richmond, but you’re all wrong.
Tuition for most incoming and returning in-state students at the University of Virginia will remain the same during the 2019-2020 school year as the Charlottesville university received a $5.52 million increase in its base appropriations to roll back a 2.9 percent hike in its base in-state tuition rate.
