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For the first time in U.S. history, voters in 24 counties in West Virginia will be able to cast their votes via mobile application. Some claim the measure will increase voter participation for members of the military deployed overseas, but also carries serious risks.
Out of 102 different lower-income occupations, Virginia regulates requirements for 67 percent of them, nine points behind California which ranks second with 76 percent.
Following historically-low reimbursement rates from military dental plans, Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2) has called for a congressional investigation into the lack of proper healthcare. The former Navy seal and Iraq combat veteran said, “Something has to change.”
The legislation to update music copyright law for the digital era “is a great start to protect songwriters, producers, engineers — the unsung heroes behind many of these songs that go out there,” recording artist Kid Rock said at the White House ceremony after President Donald Trump signed the measure into law.
“There is no Democrat – including Hillary Clinton, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, or Ralph Northam – who has ever received more voted in the 10th District than Barbara Comstock – who received 211,000 votes in 2016,” the memo from the new polls states, showing the incumbent Republican ahead four weeks before Election Day.
If House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (CA-23) legislation is passed through the House before the midterms, the Senate will most likely not vote on the bill until January, getting it to President Trump’s desk in early 2019 at the quickest pace if all goes according to plan.
The “Tenaciously Moving for American Change in 2020” political action committee announced that they are going to “encourage” former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to run for the Democratic presidential nomination to challenge President Donald Trump.
“We have to negotiate with the Taliban and Pakistan in order to leave” the War in Afghanistan, said Democratic candidate Leslie Cockburn, all the while criticizing Republican Denver Riggleman’s military service, implying that he played a minor role.
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has listed all seven of Virginia’s Republican representatives in the 115th Congress as award winners for their key votes to bolster small business and support low-tax initiatives.
The bill from Delegate Margaret Ransone (R-Westmoreland) would direct the State Board of Elections to appoint a commissioner that oversees the Department of Elections, eliminate two additional senior-level political appointees made by the governor, establishing a one full-time director of operations, and increase the term lengths for board members from four to six years.
