Ralph Northam’s final budget as governor includes $27.4 million to establish a Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention within the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services. The outgoing governor said that the center would collect data on gun violence to curb crime. As you’d imagine, Bacon’s Rebellion had a different take: Setting aside the obvious politics […]
Virginia Beach Public Schools district leadership is expected to decide the fate of six books in its libraries later this month. The announcement comes after parents have fiercely argued over the books at multiple school board meetings. WTOP explains: WAVY-TV reports that school board member Victoria Manning prompted the books to be reviewed when she […]
Even though it’s more than 3,000 miles away, California will begin playing an outsized role in dictating Virginia’s automobile sales. Thanks to the geniuses in Sacramento, it’s possible that dealers may not sell new internal combustion engines after 2035. Steve Haner explains: The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board, acting not with discretion but on orders […]
Resentment and even hatred of police officers have led to staffing shortages in departments nationwide. With anti-police radicals enabled by one of the two major political parties, enthusiasm for joining the police force has hit rock bottom, even in rural areas. As Bacon’s Rebellion reports: The Town of Leesburg had a population of 49,157 as […]
The results are finally official in the 91st District Virginia House of Delegates race. This week, a Hampton Circuit Court certified that Republican A.C. Cordoza beat incumbent Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton) by 64 votes out of more than 27,000. Per WAVY.com: Lawyers for both candidates gave arguments for all of the ballots before judges resolved […]
Fairfax County Public Schools have settled a lawsuit with disability rights organizations and families over the district’s harsh punishments like physical restraints and seclusion used on special-ed students. Many consider those implements and techniques overly harsh for the school setting and counterproductive. Per WTOP: But some parents who belong to the Fairfax County Special Education […]
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project has reviewed Virginia’s newly proposed legislative and congressional maps. (Virginia Scope) They scored the congressional draft as an “A” overall and in Partisan Fairness, with “Cs” in Competitiveness and Geography. “It has five pretty safe D seats, 2 very safe R seats, 2 lean R seats, and 2 lean D seats (for a […]
Virginia’s proposed congressional map has been made public. The new lines leave Democrats with a fighting chance to retain control of the majority of the Commonwealth’s congressional districts. But at least one Democrat has been stranded. As POLITICO reports: Virginia’s new potential congressional map would give Democrats a fighting chance to hang onto their current […]
A boat parade in Yorktown took a turn for the surreal when the foundation sponsoring the event stripped the winning boat’s owner of his award. What was the offense, you ask? Spelling the words “Let’s go Brandon” with Christmas lights. As Fox News reports: The boat was awarded first place at the annual Yorktown Lighted […]
Youngkin’s commitment to end the carbon tax is a net win for Virginia ratepayers, writes TJIPP’s Stephen Haner.
