New laws took effect in Virginia on Friday, including high-profile legislation like the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget, bills aimed at preventing animal cruelty, a bill requiring schools to notify parents about sexually explicit instructional material, and a bill requiring school principals to report misdemeanors to law enforcement. Some other bills that have gotten less attention: Delegates Glenn Davis (R-Virginia […]
Virginia’s Attorney General Jason Miyares recently paid a visit to Newport News, where he met with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula (BGCVP) and the Newport News Police Department to “ways to reduce gun and gang violence, focusing on community programs and the important role they have in our neighborhoods.” Today I […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin filled five vacancies on the Board of Education, according to a Thursday afternoon announcement. Youngkin’s appointees include Suparna Dutta, co-founder of the Coalition for TJ, which has been working to protest and block Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s controversial new admissions policy. The appointments give him a majority on […]
The new Office of Regulatory Management (ORM) will streamline regulatory activities across the executive branch.
BEST. PRIDE. MONTH. EVER.
The July 9th event in Richmond’s Capitol Square will lay down the gauntlet for maximum protection for every human person.
Developing a no-tolerance policy for BS writing from AI is going to present a serious challenge for educators over the next five years.
After just shy of 28 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer is making his retirement official. Earlier this afternoon, Breyer notified the White House that his retirement would commence tomorrow at noon Eastern Time. In a letter to President Biden, Breyer called his time on the court a “great honor” and expressed his appreciation for […]
Several new laws that deal with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s (ABC) licensees, as well as those applying for ABC licenses, are set to take effect starting July 1. As reported by ABC, starting July 1, the Virginia ABC says the Commonwealth will be enacting the following new laws: Third-party delivery license/cocktails to-go (HB […]
Facing a July 1 national deadline for members of the military to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Governor Glenn Youngkin and Virginia’s Republican congressmen sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asking him to permanently delay the mandate. “[T]his directive will unnecessarily impact troop readiness, at a time when the Virginia National […]
