Showing that he is a man of his word, Governor Yongkin has donated his entire first quarter salary to the Virginia Law Enforcement Assistance Program. During his 2021 campaign, the Governor pledged to donate his gubernatorial salary. Today, he announced the donation of $43,750 at VALEAP’s Post Critical Incident Seminar in Harrisonburg, Va. Governor Younkin […]
Governor Youngkin has been busy. Just last week, he signed over 40 bills into law. While there are quite a lot of bills to go over, several of them pertained to animal welfare. Dubbed the “Beagle Bills,” the latest round of laws was inspired by the repeated animal welfare violations uncovered at a beagle breeding facility […]
The White House dodged a question on transgender participation in college sports during Monday’s press briefing. Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki if the Biden administration thought it was fair that biological males are now competing against women in college sports. The White House is “not the governing body […]
The announcement that former Vice President Mike Pence will be speaking about his policy agenda for Republicans at the University of Virginia next week seems to be causing some controversy at the university. The April 12 event is being hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University of Virginia, which is tied […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced new appointments to the Virginia Parole Board Tuesday after state Democrats rejected four of his initial appointees. Last month, the Democratic-controlled state Senate blocked the appointments of Tracy Banks, Cheryl Nici-O’Connell, Charles Partin and Carmen Williams to the Parole Board. The legislature did approve Chadwick Dotson as the new chairman […]
In response to the tragic death of Henrico Police Officer Trey Marshall Sutton, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff Wednesday, April 6, from sunrise until sunset. According to this report, Police Officer Trey Sutton was killed in a three-vehicle crash when a truck drove into the intersection of Wilkinson Road […]
In a move similar to the legislation made in Maryland, Governor Younkin is proposing a gas tax suspension to combat rising gas prices and inflation costs. Youngkin’s proposal would suspend the Motor Vehicle Fuels tax for May, June and July before slowly phasing it back in slowly in August and September. The state tax is […]
A concerned father faces four misdemeanor charges thanks to an obscure law and a commonwealth’s attorney’s apparent decision to look the other way even though the defendant is a black man facing particularly dubious charges. Harry Jackson’s alleged crime? Tweeting that Jorge Torrico, a liberal activist, exhibited grooming behavior while interacting with Thomas Jefferson High […]
Senate Democrats continue to play a losing hand in Richmond, but do they know how bad their hand actually is? Survey says no…
Via the Virginia Star: The pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) has released a scorecard of legislators from the recent General Assembly session, with most Republican legislators scoring 100 percent. In tallies that count votes, Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) and State Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham) earned the highest scores based on the number of votes cast and […]
