According to a study commissioned by the University of Virginia, key learning outcomes in public schools across the Commonwealth have plummeted over the past two years. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than one-third of kindergarteners through second graders in Virginia have fallen below their reading benchmarks. The Daily Wire reports: “As schools […]
The Russian army bombed and/or shelled a maternity hospital in the southern port city of Mariupol on Wednesday, according to Ukrainian government reports. Ukrainian authorities also provided video and photos as evidence. If confirmed, this will mark a brutal new low in Putin’s two-week old invasion. While the number of casualties at the hospital is currently unknown, […]
Backed by two well-organized activist groups, residents of Loudoun County are moving ahead in their effort to recall Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj. Biberaj won election on an anti-incarceration platform. Despite that, she sought jail time for Scott Smith, a dad arrested at a Loudoun County School Board meeting out of frustration over the […]
Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson (D) has withdrawn his audacious plans to celebrate the “courage” of abortion providers by recognizing March 10 as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day after receiving significant backlash from his Catholic constituents. Wilson previously signed a declaration recognizing the “courage, compassion and the high-quality care” of abortion services in Alexandria. However, he quietly […]
Despite passing the Republican-controlled House of Delegates, Democrats in the Virginia Senate successfully blocked H.B. 775. According to its sponsor, Del. Wren Williams (R), H.B. 775 would have closed a loophole Gov. Northam used in the Emergency Services and Disaster Act to arbitrary shut down houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Democratic […]
Voters will soon know whether their state legislators were actually serious about checking the power of the executive branch in this matter – or not.
Happy Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. No joke.
When asked on education? Youngkin leads 50-40 on whether he is doing a good job.
Virginia State Police are preparing for the potential arrival of a trucker convoy headed to our nation’s capital this weekend. Authorities are particularly concerned that protests may impact traffic in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As CBS 6 Richmond reports: U.S. Capitol Police erected a fence around the Capitol building ahead of President Joe Biden’s […]
While President Biden moves along with his pro-forma comments and leftist talking points on guns (and everything else), Democrat lawmakers are exasperating the activists by showing little interest ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. (RELATED: Biden’s Rhetoric on Guns is Far From ‘Reasonable’) Democrats expect to lose seats massively in the House and may also lose their one […]
