Lee County’s concerns and possible legal challenges of being the state’s first district to vote to arm teachers may rise to one of the Commonwealth’s most talked about issues in 2019.
“This ain’t your granddaddy’s Democratic Party,” Delegate Tim Hugo said, adding that “we’re one heart attack away from a leftist liberal takeover of the General Assembly.”
Ending 50 years in public service, one of the Virginia General Assembly’s most conservative legislators will be retiring after four terms in the House of Delegates and two terms in the State Senate.
Even though Virginia’s dairy industry plays an important role in the state economy, during the first half of 2018, dairy farms in the Commonwealth closed at a rate of more than one per week.
Legislators will vote on repealing Right to Work during the 2019 session, beginning next month. Carter’s bill is one of several union-friendly measures lawmakers will consider.
As a close ally of the Clintons, McAuliffe is considered a top contender to win strong support from their network of donors, national allies, and campaign infrastructure.
Democrats are routing politically problematic corporate coal contributions to candidates through their caucus account, even as members tell their constituents they won’t take that money. This makes coal the caucus’s largest corporate donor of 2018.
Helmer: Track every ammunition purchase in a government database to identify mass shooters.
A seasonal worker’s $500 paycheck was reduced to $14.52 after mandatory union dues deductions in a non-Right to Work state. Seasonal employees in Virginia would face the same predicament, if Democrats succeed in repealing Virginia’s Right to Work law.
Virginia is one of a dozen states that saw over 69,000 jobs created over the last 12 months, and one of just eight that has an unemployment rate below three percent.
