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Two transgender students in Virginia have initiated legal action against the state, contesting recent guidelines restricting transgender students’ participation in sports teams aligned with their gender identities and permitting teachers to reject preferred names and pronouns. Filed in state court, the first case involves a transgender high school girl in York County who alleges that […]
Democrats in Virginia have once again drawn up legislation to further expand the confusing nexus of rules and regulations about what lawfully can and can’t be done with firearms in the Commonwealth. They seek to severely limit the ability to purchase firearms in the state with the passage of HB2, this year’s assault weapons ban […]
Washington, D.C. is losing a prominent employer as the real estate company CoStar Group is moving across the river to Rosslyn from its current location in downtown D.C. The move is said to relocate 500 jobs and bring an additional 150 new jobs to the area. This is the group’s second recent investment in Virginia, […]
Governor Youngkin may soon have to veto one influential proposal that has been passed by both chambers of the Virginia legislature. Democrats in both the Virginia House of Delegates and the now the Virginia Senate have pushed through proposals to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15.00 an hour starting in 2026. ABC8 reported the […]
During a Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee meeting in Richmond Monday, Democrat Louise Lucas, who chairs the committee, obstructed a critical bill linked to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s plans for a professional sports complex in Northern Virginia. Lucas expressed reservations about the governor’s proposed bill, citing numerous unanswered questions and potential conflicts of interest. The governor […]
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. At the risk of sounding like the (now several years-old) meme of “old man shakes fist at sky”, a recent trip through the books section in my local Target while waiting on a prescription […]
The federal government has a spending problem, and a gaggle of self-described fiscal hawks in the House GOP caucus want everyone to know they are dead serious about solving it. Except they really aren’t – and arguably never were – serious about federal spending. Yes, their social media bluster overspending is quite something, as seen […]
One of Virginia’s most-watched 2024 races just got more interesting. Republican Derrick Anderson announced today an endorsement from Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District race. Anderson is a Special Forces Green Beret, and Nunn is an Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel and airborne intelligence officer. Per a media release from Anderson’s campaign: […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has signed an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) use in state agencies and education. Acknowledging the long-standing use of AI by state agencies, particularly in processing data and automating decisions, Youngkin aims to establish guidelines for ethical AI use. The order emphasizes the need for human oversight to […]
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has indicated his opposition to a proposed minimum wage hike, asserting that the free market is effectively addressing labor concerns. In a recent statement, Governor Youngkin expressed skepticism about the necessity of government-mandated wage increases, emphasizing his belief that businesses are voluntarily responding to labor shortages by raising wages. Youngkin contends […]
