Gov. Youngkin has called lawmakers back to Richmond to finalize the state’s biennial budget. On Monday, Youngkin will be holding a General Assembly special session, in the legislature’s second attempt at completing the state’s biennial budget. When they last left off, a $3 billion gap still separated the spending bills of both parties, with most […]
FEC Fines Clinton Campaign and DNC Over Trump-Russia Dossier
Former President Donald Trump has long held that the infamous Steele dossier was a Clinton-funded smear campaign full of dubious sources and politically motivated slander. Not only were Trump’s assertions correct, but Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are being fined more than $100,000 by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for not properly disclosing […]
Update: Navy Identifies man Killed in Eastern Shore crash
In a update to the deadly airplane crash that left 2 injured and one dead, the navy has released the names of the service member killed in Wednesday night’s E2-D Hawkeye crash north of Chincoteague Island in Accomack County. According to the Navy, Lieutenant Hyrum Hanlon was killed when an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye crashed Wednesday […]
Landmark Case in Virginia Raises Serious Questions About Geofence Warrants
In a landmark decision, believed to be the first of its kind, this kind of advancement in technology is raising some tricky issues! A warrant that used Google location history to find people near the scene of a 2019 bank robbery violated their constitutional protection against unreasonable searches, a federal judge has ruled. While it […]
Northern Virginia Stuck by Tornado
As if the Spring weather in Virginia hasn’t been crazy enough, Tyson’s Corner in Norther Virginia has a Tornado touch down on Thursday night. The National Weather Service’s Sterling office confirmed that a twister touched down along Chain Bridge Road, just northwest of Tysons Corner Mall, for about a minute late Thursday evening — enough […]
Miyares Sees ‘Significant Risks’ With Green Energy Boondoggle
The Office of the Virginia Attorney General has told state regulators that Dominion Energy has overstated the economic benefits of a proposed offshore wind farm, and that he sees “significant risks” for customers from the costly project. The State Corporation Commission is considering Richmond-based Dominion’s plans for the approximately $9.8 billion, 180 turbine wind farm […]
Youngkin Signs Bill Enabling Property Tax Cuts on Vehicles
In an attempt to combat rising inflation, Governor Youngkin signed legislation that will allow local governments to lower property taxes on vehicles. House Bill 1239 allows local jurisdictions to put vehicle taxes in a different classification than the standard personal property tax. The bill allows these taxes to be lower than the personal property tax, […]
Virginia Joins Lawsuit Against Social Media Giants
Virginia has joined other states in demanding TikTok and Snapchat to do more to protect children, namely include a parental control feature like other social media platforms. . Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is among 44 who sent a letter to the social media giants, claiming that they need to do more to protect children on […]
How the Arlington Police Are Dealing With Staffing Shortage
The Arlington Police Department is being forced to change how they deliver service due to funding issues and staffing shortage. As previously reported, the Arlington Police Department is struggling finically, Arlington county was one of the districts to freeze law enforcement’s merit-based pay increases for FY2021 and FY2022. Coupled with the nationwide anti-law enforcement narrative […]
Norfolk’s City Leaders Grapple With Stubborn Crime Wave
Norfolk city leaders are struggling to come up with solutions to a recent gun violence that’s impacted the city, especially downtown. The debate comes after a wave of gun violence in recent weeks, including a mass shooting outside a popular Granby Street bar that killed two people and injured three more. (RELATED: Virginia Reporter Killed […]