Contrary to initial reporting, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS) wasn’t writing an open letter on behalf of 133 superintendents slamming the Youngkin administration’s interim report on banning CRT and other discriminatory policies in public school. Indeed, evidence suggests VASS didn’t inform its members before sending the ideologically-driven letter. The Daily Wire reports: VASS, […]
Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary challenger is going after the Never Trump representative’s ties to Northern Virginia. Wyoming Republican Harriet Hageman’s latest digital ad accuses Cheney of being out of touch with her conservative electorate and “obsessed” with the former president. Fox News reports: In a new digital ad by Hageman’s campaign that was shared first with Fox […]
School superintendents throughout the Commonwealth are pushing back against the Youngkin administration’s interim report on divisive concepts being taught in public schools. Indeed, the Virginia Association of School Superintendents lambasted the report, declaring in an open letter that it made “gross assumptions” about the state of education in Virginia without soliciting input from local school […]
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has finished its first 30-day report for Gov. Youngkin. The review assesses what VDOE has done in that period to rescind discriminatory and controversial policies like those associated with critical race theory. The Daily Wire reports: VDOE’s report was compiled by Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow. The document […]
Conservative Republican Madison Cawthorn was recorded on video calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” and the government of Ukraine “evil” and “woke.” The 26-year-old congressman’s remarks were first obtained by a Raleigh, North Carolina television station and have quickly gone viral. (RELATED: Rep. Madison Cawthorn Charged With Driving With Revoked License, Faces Possible Jail […]
According to a study commissioned by the University of Virginia, key learning outcomes in public schools across the Commonwealth have plummeted over the past two years. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than one-third of kindergarteners through second graders in Virginia have fallen below their reading benchmarks. The Daily Wire reports: “As schools […]
Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson (D) has withdrawn his audacious plans to celebrate the “courage” of abortion providers by recognizing March 10 as Abortion Provider Appreciation Day after receiving significant backlash from his Catholic constituents. Wilson previously signed a declaration recognizing the “courage, compassion and the high-quality care” of abortion services in Alexandria. However, he quietly […]
Despite passing the Republican-controlled House of Delegates, Democrats in the Virginia Senate successfully blocked H.B. 775. According to its sponsor, Del. Wren Williams (R), H.B. 775 would have closed a loophole Gov. Northam used in the Emergency Services and Disaster Act to arbitrary shut down houses of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the Democratic […]
Virginia State Police are preparing for the potential arrival of a trucker convoy headed to our nation’s capital this weekend. Authorities are particularly concerned that protests may impact traffic in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. As CBS 6 Richmond reports: U.S. Capitol Police erected a fence around the Capitol building ahead of President Joe Biden’s […]
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) introduced a bill in the United States Senate this week after revealing his continued struggle with mild COVID symptoms. Two years after contracting COVID-19. As The Washington Post reports: “I tell people it feels like all my nerves have had like five cups of coffee,” Kaine said Wednesday of his “24/7” […]
