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State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) and Delegate Paul Krizek (D-Mount Vernon) have pre-filed legislation for the upcoming General Assembly session to create a problem gambling committee composed of gambling industry representatives and problem gambling prevention advocates. “As Virginia moves forward with the expansion of gaming, it’s important that we understand the ills that come with it,” […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced a significant victory against a notorious transnational criminal organization. Agents recently arrested an MS-13 gang leader in suburban Washington, D.C. Herberth Bonilla-Garcia, 40, was apprehended during a targeted raid in Manassas, Virginia. Bonilla-Garcia hid in the United States after earning a spot on El Salvador’s most-wanted list. […]
Five localities receive funds to place working farmlands and forest under permanent conservation easements
The new law taking effect Jan. 1, 2023, ends the state’s 1.5% sales tax on groceries. That’s $1.50 in savings for every $100 spent.
The 22 awarded projects will create over 600 jobs and leverage an additional $72.8 million in public and private investment.
At the tail end of Congress’ 2022 lame-duck session, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visited Washington, DC making stops at the White House and on Capitol Hill. Less than 48 hours later, the Omnibus bill was passed with an earmark of an additional $45B for Ukraine. Coincidence? While the majority of Congress showed overwhelming support for the Ukrainian president […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin has released a list of more than 300 regulatory changes his administration plans to implement by July 2023. Also, a manual for agencies on how to comply with the governor’s June Executive Order (EO) 19 focused on improving Virginia’s regulatory process and ordering a 25 percent reduction in total regulations. “Our new Office of […]
Karina Lipsman – 2022 Republican nominee for Congress in VA-08 – has publicly announced at least one project that she will be taking on in 2023. Lipsman has been named a fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), a non-profit organization that is “the leading national women’s organization dedicated to developing and advancing policies that […]
Real quick — Virginia FREE is conducting a completely unscientific survey for the GOP nomination for POTUS. Click here to take the survey. It will take 30 seconds, and Pompeo is on the list (just in case you’re looking for a solid VPOTUS pick). No pressure — but just a little. Where the bigger picture and the process […]
A left-wing prosecutor whose election was funded by liberal billionaire George Soros is being sued by the mother of a child rape victim after he botched the case’s prosecution. It’s the latest example of a Soros-backed prosecutor showing leniency to, or fumbling the prosecution of, a pedophile, in a case that has even the rapist’s attorney questioning […]
