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Governor Glenn Youngkin formally received the budget on Thursday, launching a seven-day timeline to review the budget and amend or veto parts of the bill, but the current budget ends at the end of June, creating a tight timeline. The budget with his changes must be available for 48 hours before the General Assembly votes […]
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will lift its requirement for international travelers to test negative for COVID-19 before entering the United States. The change will go into effect on Sunday at midnight, as CNN reports: The CDC is lifting the restriction that the travel industry had lobbied against for months after determining it was […]
A Virginia author has filed a new lawsuit seeking to force all 100 members of the state’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates to face an unscheduled election this year. Author Jeff Thomas, who has written extensively about Virginia politics and government, has filed this new lawsuit on Wednesday, two days after a three-judge panel dismissed a […]
GOP nominee in VA-08 Karina Lipsman wants to focus on public safety, the economy, education, and mental health. Lipsman is battling Representative Don Beyer (D-VA-08) in a deep-blue district, and was nominated at the end of May in a ranked-choice convention. “We live in Northern Virginia. We don’t live in, you know, Chicago or Baltimore. […]
A bill to create an incentive to bring the Washington Commanders NFL team to Virginia is dead after months of accumulating concerns over tax breaks, traffic, the team’s brand quality, and its controversial leadership. On Thursday, bill sponsor Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw (D-Fairfax) told The Washington Post that the final issue was Commanders defensive coordinator Jack […]
While Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) focuses on far-right extremists and violent white supremacist threats, it has generally downplayed the growing threat from armed leftists and Black militants. (RELATED: Guess How Many Troops Out of 1.4 Million Were Charged With ‘Extremism’?) But the threat is there. And Team Biden is not only downplaying it, it has been enabling […]
Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano recently penned an op-ed in the New York Times, announcing that he would not enforce any abortion restrictions. Although Governor Youngkin has not announced any efforts to restrict abortion in his state, as reported by Fox News, Descano warned that Youngkin “could well strip women of their reproductive rights” if […]
Former Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers (D-Pa.) has pled guilty to stuffing ballots for multiple Democratic candidates. Myers represented Pennsylvania’s 1st District for less than four years. On Oct. 2, 1980, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 376 to 30 to expel Myers for his role in the Abscam scandal. The lopsided vote made Myers the first […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin held a ceremonial bill signing of legislation focused on blocking human trafficking, and a swearing-in of the Commission on Human Trafficking Prevention and Survivor Support. He said the legislation would help victims get their lives back and have future opportunities, help find perpetrators and bring them to justice, and equip members of the public […]
Two Loudoun County Public Schools teachers said in a public comment period Tuesday that their contracts weren’t renewed after they were subpoenaed by a grand jury investigating the district and after their complaints about teachers being inappropriately touched. Erin Brooks said she had a student who was repeatedly touching teachers and students in a sexual […]
