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President Joe Biden signed into law yesterday the gun control legislation passed on Friday by Congress. Upon signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law, the President tweeted “while this bill doesn’t do everything I want it to, it does include actions that I’ve long called for that will save lives.” In a subsequent tweet, President Biden reiterated the […]
After a court decided to allow dog-breeder-for-testing Envigo to fulfill existing contracts to sell its dogs amid an ongoing federal lawsuit, 29 Virginia legislators and federal prosecutors are working to block the sale of what prosecutors say is 2,200 beagles, including 1,200 to international customers. In a motion for clarification U.S. prosecutors filed Friday, prosecutors suggest that […]
As reactions to the historic decision handed down by the Supreme court to overturn Roe v. Wade continue to happen all over the country, here in Virginia, Governor Youngkin has made it clear that Virginia is no place for threats and violence. As reported by WTOP, police in Lynchburg Virginia are investigating an act of […]
Virginia’s FY 2023-2024 budget includes some wins for both businesses and workers, according to pro-business organization NFIB Virginia and pro-labor organization Virginia AFL-CIO. General Assembly negotiators have emphasized the compromise nature of the budget, but flashy proposals on tax relief, education, and law enforcement have gotten most of the attention. “Governor Youngkin and legislators agreed […]
Governor Youngkin has made plans to hit the campaign trail to help get ‘Republican governors elected across the country.’ In an interview with Fox News Digital, and with both Virginia’s biennial budget signed, and the state’s congressional primaries in the rearview mirror, Youngkin says he is ready to head out on the campaign trail to […]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade launched a wave of statements from Virginia politicians on Friday. Abortion remains legal in Virginia with some limitations, and split control of Virginia’s government leaves both Republicans and Democrats seeking to use the issue to motivate their own voter base. Pro-choice protesters held multiple rallies across Virginia on […]
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay decreased from previous years in 2021, according to a new press release from the Chesapeake Bay Program. However, most of the program’s partnering states didn’t meet all their 2021 targets, ahead of a 2025 goal. “Virginia, reported pollution controls achieved 75 percent of the 2025 reduction goal for […]
Minutes ago, the Supreme Court overturned the nearly 50-year precedent set by Roe v Wade in 1973. Justice Samuel Alito issued the court’s majority opinion. He was joined by Justices Roberts, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and Barrett in the majority. Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan made up the dissent. Justice Alito writes the following in his landmark opinion: The Constitution […]
Following the tragic events of the Uvalde school shooting, Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin announced that Robb Elementary School, the site of the shooting, is set to be demolished. During an almost two-hour emotional city council meeting, Mayor McLaughlin told residents, concerned parents, and family who lost students in the May 24 mass shooting that he learned that the school would be […]
Pro-choice protestors continue to harass Supreme Court Justices as a group of them covered in fake blood delivered baby dolls to Amy Coney Barrett’s home in Falls Church, Virginia. As reported by The Daily Wire, Activists from Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights proceeded to Barrett’s home to protest the potential reversal of the 1973 decision […]
