Virginia’s Attorney General is taking firm action against organized retail crime in Virginia, a problem he says is harming businesses across the Commonwealth. Miyares’s office has convened a working group pursuant to a legislative request to address organized retail crime in the Commonwealth. Membership of the working group includes representatives from the Office of the […]
Youngkin Signs Bipartisan Legislation To Expand Health Care Coverage Options For Small Businesses
Small businesses in Virginia are about to have a lot more options for healthcare, courtesy of some new legislation Governor Glenn Youngkin has signed. Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed HB 884, sponsored by Delegate Kathy Byron, R-Bedford, and SB 195, sponsored by Senator Montgomery “Monty” Mason, D-Williamsburg, which will permit the creation of benefits consortiums for small businesses […]
Governor Youngkin Ceremonially Signs VEC Reform & Private Family Leave Legislation
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 […]
Mayo Clinic Confirms Trans Swimmer has “Unfair Advantage”
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 […]
Va. Supreme Court to Hear Contentious Wegmans Distribution Center Case
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 […]
Youngkin Signs Law That Involved Law Enforcement in School in School Crimes
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 […]
Judge issues order against Virginia dog breeding facility
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 […]
Washington Post Ed Calls Out Lowered Academic Standards in Virginia
Following Governor Youngkin’s release of a report that found sliding education performance and lowered standards in Virginia, the Washington Post has also released a scathing editorial, calling out Virginia Democrats who cause the educational decline in the first place. As reported by Fox News, the article offered more critical details than an assessment that came from Virginia […]
Radio producers get restraining orders against Sen. Joe Morrissey after studio blowup
After an outburst from Democratic Senator Joe Morrissey, two employees of a Richmond-area radio station took out restraining orders against the senator, saying they feared for their safety. The studio altercation was first reported earlier this month by VPM, which said the incident was captured on a now-deleted Facebook Live stream. A mostly soundless video of […]
Youngkin Announces Manufacturing Expansion in the City of Newport News
In another deal announcement that Youngkin is making deals to create jobs in Virginia, the Governor has announced Mühlbauer Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based Mühlbauer Group and the world’s top producer of automated machinery designed to implement intelligent solutions, will invest $9 million to expand its operation in the City of Newport News. In a […]