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Looking ahead into 2025, Virginia’s Republicans will be picking a gubernatorial nominee who they believe will be their best hope to maintain control of the Governor’s mansion after Glenn Youngkin’s single term. New polling released this week shows who Republican primary voters in the Commonwealth may be inclined to pick next year. Virginia’s two other […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin has put an end to two legislative priorities that had been sent to his desk by Democrats in the General Assembly. Measures to mandate increasing the state’s minimum wage, as well as a pathway to recreational sales of marijuana in the state were both rejected by Youngkin on Thursday. The Associated Press […]
An idea that Governor Glenn Youngkin hoped to cement his legacy on has finally passed a point of no return. The proposal to move Washington, D.C.’s professional sports teams – the Wizards and Capitals – to Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood has been killed by the City of Alexandria. In a video posted to the City […]
Virginia’s governor has taken a bold stand for the rights of law-abiding Virginians. Defying Democrats in the General Assembly, Governor Glenn Youngkin took his veto pen Tuesday to 30 pieces of legislation that had been sent to his desk. In a media release issued by his office, Youngkin stated the following: “I swore an oath […]
Virginia’s 5th Congressional District is a safe Republican district, yet incumbent Congressman Bob Good’s re-election is far from secure. A new rating from the Cook Political Report may prove to be a boost for State Senator John McGuire who is challenging Good in the primary election. Cook reports: Good’s reelection prospects don’t look great […]
A former Republican member of the Virginia House is facing serious charges. The Associated Press reported the following: Matt Fariss, who had served in the House of Delegates as a Republican since 2012 before running unsuccessfully last year as an independent, was booked at a Blue Ridge Regional Jail facility early Sunday, online jail records […]
Pick any member of the General Assembly at random, stop them in the grocery store for a chat, and quiz them about the digital sales tax they approved a week ago Saturday. It will quickly become clear that most had no idea what they were voting for when they approved it. What will the tax add […]
The man who shot President Ronald Reagan with a .22-caliber revolver two months after his first inauguration is likely stewing today at his home in Virginia’s Tidewater region. John Hinckley Jr., who recently rebranded himself a folk singer, was 25 when he nearly assassinated Reagan and maimed White House Press Secretary James Brady outside of […]
Dominion Energy ratepayers are about to find themselves on the losing end of a green energy project gone bad, writes TJIPP’s Steve Haner.
Last week’s Super Tuesday primary contests solidified Former President Trump as the GOP nominee after Gov. Nikki Haley’s lackluster performance led her to suspend her campaign, and revealed Trump’s working-class coalition is only growing stronger. Trump swept the primaries winning over a dozen states and solidified his support among working and middle-class voters, as well […]
