General Assembly Kills Gas Tax Holiday, Hyde Amendment, but Pass Partial Lab School Expansion in FY 23-24 Budget

RICHMOND, Virginia — The Virginia General Assembly approved many of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s budget amendments on Friday, but in mostly-partisan votes, killed his efforts to expand a ban on using state tax dollars on abortions, and to create a three-month gas tax holiday. Additionally, House Republicans and Democrats killed an amendment that would have made it […]

Youngkin Signs Legislation to Expand Health Care for Realtors

Governor Youngkin has taken steps to extend healthcare options to more people by signing a bill that will expand healthcare coverage options for Virginia’s realtor community. Today, Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed HB 768, sponsored by Delegate Keith Hodges, R-Urbanna, and SB 335, sponsored by Senator George Barker, D-Southern Fairfax, to allow the Virginia REALTORS® to form an association […]

Miyares Calls Out Suit to Halt Special Grand Jury

Miayres has had enough of the Loudoun County School Board, as he calls their attempts to halt a special grand jury as being “legally baseless.” As previously reported, the Loudoun County School Board is seeking to halt the grand jury investigation, convened by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, into its handling of sexual abuse cases […]

Oil Industry Slams Biden’s “Misguided” Policy Agenda

In a statement released earlier this week, American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers had some harsh words for President Biden. A key oil industry leader, Sommers said in a statement released by his organization that “the administration’s misguided policy agenda shifting away from domestic oil and natural gas has compounded inflationary pressures and added headwinds to […]

VA-07 GOP Candidate Anderson Launches New Ad, Democrats Highlight Jarome Bell in VA-02 GOP Primary

VA-07 GOP candidate Derrick Anderson launched his third ad of the campaign on Wednesday, highlighting his Trump-aligned policies on the border, guns, and abortion ahead of the nomination on Tuesday. “Lawlessness on our streets. Abortion on demand. Joe Biden and the radical Democrats are destroying America,” the ad says. “Conservative warrior Derrick Anderson is ready to fight […]

Miyares on Fox News Lambasts Woke Prosecutor Removed from Case by Judge: ‘Voters are tired of it’

Attorney General Miyares recently went on fox news to discuss his office taking over a criminal case from a Loudoun County prosecutor for “deliberately misleading  the Court and the public.” Earlier yesterday, Miyares’s office announced that it would be taking over a serial burglary case after Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman removed the […]

Youngkin Proposes Amendments to Alleviate Gas Prices

Youngkin has proposed amendments to the Virginia state budget, with several attempting to help Virginians where they’re really being hit right now; the gas pump. “With five-dollar gas prices and plenty of money in the system, I’m continuing the effort to lower gas prices for hardworking Virginians and my hope is, this time, that Democrats […]

Miyars Takes Over Criminal Case After Judge Boots Liberal DA Off

Miyares has taken the lead after a Loudoun County judge removed the county’s liberal Commonwealth’s Attorney Office from a serial burglary case for “deliberately misleading the Court and the public.” “The Commonwealth is deliberately misleading the Court, and the public, in an effort to ‘sell’ the plea agreement for some reason that has yet to […]