Senate Democrats want a brick wall; House Republicans are getting a little tired of beating their heads against it. Virginia’s General Assembly managed to pass the Richmond equivalent of a continuing resolution to fund the government until Senate Democrats and House Republicans can hammer out a compromise on corporate tax breaks. One will have to […]
Former classmates of the Virginia Military Institute’s new leader are fighting back against his Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) push. The New York Post reports: Retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, 60, launched diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives after taking the helm of VMI in October 2020 … But ever since VMI introduced new DEI initiatives, […]
A Hampton Roads area school went on lockdown today after a bomb threat was reported. The report prompted an investigation at B.M. Williams Primary School, conducted by the Chesapeake Police and the Virginia State Police. If the name of the school sounds familiar, that may be because of recent headlines it made for the “After […]
Educational Savings Accounts just failed in the Virginia General Assembly. Four varied bills each failed at different stages in the legislature. This is not good, but it’s also not the end of the process toward school choice. ESAs, vouchers and other types of school choice have failed to become law in other states before now and […]
Republicans and Democrats in Richmond have come together to pass legislation banning America’s adversaries from purchasing farmland within the state. WRIC has more on the votes cast in the State Senate and House of Delegates: Both chambers of the assembly, the Republican-controlled House of Delegates and Democrat-led Virginia Senate, passed a bill from Republican state […]
The National Rifle Association stepped up this week to defend speaker Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert from attacks levied against him by a “fake” Second Amendment advocacy group. In a statement posted to their website, the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) issued the following about Gilbert’s record on Second Amendment issues and […]
Liberty University bussed over 500 students to this year’s March for Life in Washington. D.C., including one student who addressed the crowd. Summer Smith, the president of the school’s chapter of Students for Life, was featured alongside the likes of Tony Dungy, Rep. Steve Scalise, and Rev. Franklin Graham. Liberty University bussed over 500 students […]
A new Gallup poll finds Americans’ satisfaction with the nation’s health care system, which had been steadily rising until 2010, has sunk to record lows over the last 12 years under Obamacare. “For the first time in Gallup’s two-decade trend, less than half of Americans are complimentary about the quality of U.S. healthcare, with 48% […]
With jockeying for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination already underway, one pro-life conservative is the overwhelming favorite among members of the nation’s largest pro-life activist groups. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was the runaway winner of the Student for Life’s National Pro-Life Summit 2024 presidential straw poll. “The Pro-Life Movement’s first ‘2024 Presidential Election Straw Poll’ votes are in! After tallying […]
Former Clinton running-mate and Virginia’s incumbent U.S. Senator Tim Kaine officially has another Republican challenger. Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Emord of Clifton, VA formally announced his campaign for U.S. Senate today, after first forming an exploratory committee back in September of 2022. A media release issued by Emord’s campaign listed his stances on several of the […]
