Delegate Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun) is suggesting that Governor Glenn Youngkin could condition funding for Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and the University of Virginia (UVA) upon whether their medical centers stop providing abortions, but Youngkin said that he can’t do that. At a recent rally at the Virginia Capitol, LaRock said, “Here’s what I’m asking him to do: direct […]
VDOT Beginning to Use Artificial Intelligence to Predict Traffic
The Virginia Department of Transportation is planning a new system that may change the way Virginians deal with traffic. State transportation officials are gearing up to use an artificial intelligence system that will monitor emerging conditions to predict the impacts of traffic disruptions in Northern Virginia and the Fredericksburg metropolitan area. According to Virginia Mercury, […]
Sears Offers Support to Virginia Town Recently Devastated by Flood
Lt. Governor Sears decided to visit the Buchanan County town and its people to offer support following the flood that devastated the area and had Youngkin call for a state of emergency. Earlier this month, a torrential downpour that led to flooding inundated a rural Virginia county, tearing homes from their foundations and damaging roads and […]
Northern Virginia County Becomes Latest Jurisdiction to Limit Police Cooperation with ICE
Arlington County’s adoption of their “Trust Policy” comes after the recent arrest of an illegal immigrant who has reportedly admitted to raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl in Ohio. Arlington County is the latest local jurisdiction to prohibit law enforcement from communicating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement about illegal immigrants residing in the county. The Northern […]
Virginia Unemployment Rate Had Largest Drop in a Year in June
Virginia’s unemployment had its largest drop in a year in June, down to a 2.8 percent unemployment rate, while labor participation stayed stable at 63.8 percent. Governor Glenn Youngkin highlighted the result in a Friday press release. “The June unemployment rate dropping to 2.8 percent is promising news for Virginia’s economic health and is a welcome […]
Del. Anderson Revives Political Battle over Menhaden Reduction Fishing in the Chesapeake Bay
After dead menhaden fish washed ashore on Silver Beach in Northampton County on July 5, Delegate Tim Anderson (R-Virginia Beach) is reviving an old political battle over banning reduction fishing in the Chesapeake Bay. “The menhaden issue predates our terms by decades, but the reality of the Chesapeake Bay is that we have one company […]