The I-95 Corridor Coalition is expanding their testing along the East Coast of a “vehicle miles traveled fee,” referred to as a mileage-based user fee to drivers.
I-95 Testing Ground For Per-Mile Tax That Could Replace Gas Tax, Tolls
‘Protect Life’ Rule Forces Planned Parenthood To Separate Abortions From Family Planning
Planned Parenthood is outraged not because of the potential loss of federal funding – they have gotten around that for years – but that the Trump Administration has drawn a clear distinction between family planning and abortion.
Trump Reverses Troop Withdrawal From Syria As ISIS Not Yet ‘Defeated’
The U.S. will now remain in the region to “protect the gains” made by the 79-nation coalition during the war against ISIS.
Despite February’s Weak Jobs Report, Economic Optimism Lies In Wage Increases
Although only 20,000 jobs were created in February, as the U.S. draws closer towards full employment, the best economic metric to look for in the coming months will be rising wages throughout most employment sectors.
State Senator Frank Wagner Announces Retirement After 28 Years In Virginia Legislature
“It has been one of the highest honors of my life to serve the citizens of the Commonwealth. I want to thank the citizens of Virginia Beach and Norfolk for giving me that privilege,” Wagner said.
Budget Bill Blocks Bloomberg’s Influence In Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s Office
Virginia now becomes the first state in the country to address the issue of embedding privately-funded attorneys in state prosecutor offices.
Denver Riggleman Blasts Congressional Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism As Not Going Far Enough
Even though this is the second time Congress has voted to condemn anti-Semitism as a rebuke of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s (MN-5) “wrong and hurtful” comments against Israel, she was not named in the recent resolution, neither was she named in the first.
State Senator Bill Carrico Announces Retirement, Two Republicans Vie For Seat
After 18 years in the Virginia General Assembly, Republican State Senator Bill Carrico announced his retirement, saying he has been “thankful” to serve Southwest Virginia.
American Reporter, Virginia Native Detained In Caracas As Maduro’s ‘Death Squads’ Control Venezuela
Cody Weddle, a 29-year-old Virginia native working as a freelance reporter in Caracas, Venezuela, has been detained by Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorial regime for his coverage of opposition leader and interim president Juan Guaidó.
Emergency Declaration Rebuke To Pass Senate, Congress Unlikely To Garner Votes To Overturn Trump Veto
As the first-ever veto from President Trump will strike down the border wall rebuke, it could set up the first-ever Supreme Court case directly dealing with the formalization of the emergency powers of the commander in chief under the National Emergencies Act.
