The order was issued Tuesday, two days ahead of a scheduled lower court hearing in Richmond on new state legislative maps, which may have some powerful Republican lawmakers contending with tougher campaigns in 2019.
For 2016 tax filings, 97 percent of total individual income taxes were paid by the top 50 percent of earners. However, that is apparently not their “fair share,” according to progressives in Congress.
Gallup released a poll Monday showing that, for the first time ever, more Democrats identify with the liberal wing of the party, and most Republicans continue to self-identify as conservative, with moderates shrinking over the past decade.
Standing 170 feet tall, the Chinese-made cranes made their way through the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on Monday as many captured photos of the leviathans.
The Republican lawmaker from Southwest, who supports the Second Amendment, said Governor Northam’s gun control bills were “dead on arrival” and did not expect any of them to advance to the House floor.
The first election of 2019 will feature Republican candidate and former House of Delegates member Joe May and Democratic candidate and Delegate Jennifer Boysko (D-Fairfax) in today’s January 8 special election.
President Trump will also be traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border later this week as he seeks to highlight border security and push Democrats towards funding for the wall.
“I don’t want Joe Sixpack paying for a stadium,” Delegate Michael Webert (R-Fauquier) said after he announced his legislation contingent on Maryland and D.C. also opposing taxpayer-backed economic incentives for the Washington Redskins.
A statewide increase in jet fuel taxes would be earmarked for rail construction in Northern Virginia, and the Dulles Toll Road, under a bill filed by a Prince William County lawmaker.
Convicted drug dealers, as well as certain addicts who skip their court-ordered treatment, would qualify for food stamps under the terms of the bill.
