Governor Ralph Northam is proposing increases in tractor-trailer registration fees and gas taxes statewide to put funding into the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan and other roadway projects throughout Virginia.
Virginia Republicans Define 2019 Elections Early, Leaving Democrats Playing Defense
In most competitive House districts across the Commonwealth, Republicans have outspent Democrats two-to-one on digital media via Facebook since the November midterm elections.
Trump Targets Obamacare As Next Big Battle In Washington
After removing the Obamacare “individual mandate” in his tax reform legislation, President Donald Trump could be looking for the “repeal and replace” provision he touted when running for office.
Terry McAuliffe Misleads Public Over His K-12 Education Funding While Governor
The former Virginia governor and potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate may want to consider inflation when boasting about budgets.
Governor Northam Vetoes Legislation Creating School Protection Officers
Northam said the bill would “not serve to make Virginia’s students and schools safer,” but it could have provided for a less expensive approach to bolstering security in elementary schools.
Democrats Implode After Finding Out Trump Isn’t A Traitor
The fact that President Donald Trump’s absolution of wrongdoing is causing disappointment and not celebration within the Democratic Party is shocking, but, unfortunately, not surprising.
Congress Fails To Override Trump Veto, Emergency Declaration Will Remain
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted 248-181 in favor of overriding Trump’s veto, 38 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to reject the national emergency declaration.
Governor Northam Amends Bill To Place Statewide Ban On Holding A Cell Phone While Driving
The expansion of this hands-free legislation would place Virginia in a category of less than 20 states that have similar laws.
Has Anyone Else Had Enough Of The Media Manipulating The Public?
The media — not Trump — are cheapening and ultimately destroying public discourse.
Delegate Scott Garrett Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection In 2019
Delegate Garrett said it is time for him to serve “full-time in my role as a husband to Whitney and a father to our two teenagers, Tyler and Haley Gray,” because “God has granted me no greater title than that of ‘Dad.'”