RICHMOND, Virginia — The Republican-controlled House of Delegates and the Democrat-controlled Senate finally sent a budget compromise for Fiscal Year 2023 beginning July 1 to Governor Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday, but while leaders from both parties praised the budget, individual Democrats and Republicans criticized the compromise for problems ranging from no gas tax holiday to cuts […]
On Tuesday in Virginia’s capitol, Governor Youngkin ceremonially signed five bills that deliver on the Governor’s commitment to enact common sense solutions to make government work better for Virginians and provide solutions for the Commonwealth’s business community. According to the official announcement, one of the bills is meant to help the struggling Virginia Employment Commission […]
RICHMOND, Virginia — Delegate Don Scott Jr. (D-Portsmouth) is the new Democratic leader/minority leader in the Virginia House of Delegates, elected on Wednesday morning. Scott had pushed to oust then-Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn, who was voted out at the end of April, but at that time the caucus opted to delay a vote on a new leader to […]
While transgender college athlete Lia Thomas is doing vanity interviews about their reasons for swimming, the doctors at the Mayo Clinic have confirmed what many already knew; the trans athlete has an unfair advantage over the biologically female competition, even after taking testosterone suppressants. In an interview with The New York Times on Monday, a Mayo Clinic […]
The General Assembly is expected to vote Wednesday on a budget compromise hammered out by top money legislators from House Republicans and Senate Democrats. The proposal includes tax and spending policy, but also includes legislation that would fund lab schools, block a Richmond casino for now, and create new marijuana misdemeanors for possession of more than four […]
Residents opposite a planned Wegmans distribution center in Hanover County are taking their case to Virginia’s highest court in an attempt to overturn a ruling that prevents them from challenging the creation of the site. According to The Virginia Mercury, the most recent ruling from the Hanover Circuit court stated that the residents didn’t have […]
As part of the 30 bills that Governor Youngkin recently signed into law, one of the notable ones is a Va. law that will require more school crimes to be reported to law enforcement. As reported by WTOP, the newly signed law will increase the number of school-based incidents reported to law enforcement and codifies […]
Following the raid that saw USDA agents and other authorities raided beagle-breeder-for-testing Envigo’s Cumberland facility and seize 145 dogs that were in “acute distress”, a federal judge issued an emergency order imposing a series of restrictions on a Virginia dog-breeding facility. (RELATED: USDA Agents Raid and Seize Dogs at Beagle-Breeder-for Testing Envigo) The Envigo RMS […]
Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, a Marine Corps veteran, spoke at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 66th Memorial Day Ceremony Monday, honoring the sacrifices made by service members and their families. “The people we are here to honor, to remember, they don’t sit among us. If we are to see them, then we must visit their graves, […]
As Hot Air’s Karen Townsend notes, President Joe Biden is fond of storytelling. He’s well known for embellishing crucial details for dramatic effect. And it appears he’s done it again. While speaking to U.S. Naval Academy graduates at this weekend’s commencement ceremony, the commander-in-chief attempted to regale the crowd with a story about whether to serve his country or build […]
