U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced a significant victory against a notorious transnational criminal organization. Agents recently arrested an MS-13 gang leader in suburban Washington, D.C. Herberth Bonilla-Garcia, 40, was apprehended during a targeted raid in Manassas, Virginia. Bonilla-Garcia hid in the United States after earning a spot on El Salvador’s most-wanted list. […]
Five localities receive funds to place working farmlands and forest under permanent conservation easements
The new law taking effect Jan. 1, 2023, ends the state’s 1.5% sales tax on groceries. That’s $1.50 in savings for every $100 spent.
The 22 awarded projects will create over 600 jobs and leverage an additional $72.8 million in public and private investment.
Governor Glenn Youngkin has released a list of more than 300 regulatory changes his administration plans to implement by July 2023. Also, a manual for agencies on how to comply with the governor’s June Executive Order (EO) 19 focused on improving Virginia’s regulatory process and ordering a 25 percent reduction in total regulations. “Our new Office of […]
Karina Lipsman – 2022 Republican nominee for Congress in VA-08 – has publicly announced at least one project that she will be taking on in 2023. Lipsman has been named a fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), a non-profit organization that is “the leading national women’s organization dedicated to developing and advancing policies that […]
RICHMOND, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin is highlighting $1 billion in tax relief in his budget amendment proposal, including lowering Virginia’s business tax rate from six to five percent and slightly lowering the income tax for payers above $17,000 from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent. In Thursday’s joint meeting of the General Assembly money committees, Youngkin and members […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin ordered a February 21, 2023 special election to fill late Congressman Don McEachin’s seat, setting off a tight timeline for nominations in the safe-D seat. Senator Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), Senator Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), and Delegate Lamont Bagby (D-Henrico) are the top candidates for the race. McClellan and Bagby have already filed to run […]
Delegate Ronnie R. Campbell, a Republican who represented Virginia’s 24th House District, has passed away at the age of 68 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Campbell was first elected in a special election in 2018, and was re-elected in 2019 and 2021. His office announced his passing in a statement issued this morning. https://twitter.com/ronniecva/status/1602668810984636418?s=46&t=FTuAa6UEJ_Xp0PHLJIAKwA […]
Scott Ziegler – the former superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools – has been charged with three misdemeanors per legal documents unsealed today. The Board’s former Communications Director Wayde Byard was also charged with felony perjury. NEW: Judge unseals indictments against 2 Loudoun County public school officials. Wayde Byard charged with a felony count of […]
