HENRICO, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin held a campaign-style rally to ceremonially sign Virginia’s fiscal year 2023-2024 budget. On Tuesday, Youngkin spoke from the aisles of the Tom Leonard’s grocery store where he filmed a grocery tax-related campaign ad and where he held one of his final rallies during the campaign. “Nine months ago we were right here with […]
Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega is the GOP nominee to challenge Representative Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07), and State Senator Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia Beach) is the GOP nominee to face Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA-02). “I am honored the voters of Virginia’s seventh Congressional District have chosen me to be the Republican nominee in the general election […]
In an attempt to lower the cost of higher education in Virginia, Governor Youngkin’s administration is urging college presidents in the state to hold off on an expected bump in the cost of tuition. According to a report from Richmond.com, Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera has called college presidents throughout the state, asking them to […]
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was scheduled to appear twice on Monday with Prince William County Supervisor Yesli Vega, who is running for the GOP nomination for VA-07 in Tuesday’s primary. Vega is facing five other candidates including State Senator Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania), who raised the most cash and has the edge in name recognition; Special Forces veteran […]
Two Virginia governors gave Juneteenth speeches over the weekend: Governor Glenn Youngkin spoke at Fort Monroe on Sunday, and former governor, current U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) gave the keynote speech at a Loudoun NAACP Juneteenth event Monday. Both men highlighted the role of Virginia as the site where African slaves first arrived in 1619. Youngkin focused more on […]
Youngkin’s Virginia continues to boom, as he has announced that the number of employed Virginians expanded to more than 4.2 million workers in May 2022. According to his announcement, Virginia has added nearly 80,000 since February. Virginia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3 percent in May. This continues to be below the national rate, which […]
Former Republican Party of Virginia Chairman John Whitbeck Jr. is representing Loudoun teacher Erin Brooks in a lawsuit against the school board and Principal Diane Mackey. Brooks, a special needs teacher, alleges that a student repeatedly touched her in inappropriate ways, that the school failed to respond adequately, and that Mackey retaliated after Brooks spoke […]
I have long said that Nancy Pelosi’s January 6 Committee is a one-sided kangaroo court designed to keep former President Trump from running again in 2024, with two ‘never-Trumper’ Republicans to provide it a fig leaf of bipartisan cover. But when even CNN thinks it is, you know Democrats are in trouble. When the Chair […]
After several months of deliberation, two new justices have been elected to serve on the state Supreme Court, a lower court judge has been elevated to the state Court of Appeals, and two new other judges have been elected. The Supreme Court, Virginia’s highest, is comprised of seven justices who serve 12-year terms. The two […]
A special education school teacher who spoke out, and was subsequently fired allegedly for out about her story has filed a lawsuit against the Loudoun County school board for failing to protect her. The lawsuit has been filed by Erin Brooks, who as previously reported, is one of two Loudoun County public school teachers who […]
