Top House Republican Lawmaker Calls For Democratic AG Mark Herring’s Resignation
In 2013, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) said that he would not be “a part-time Attorney General and would resign should he decide to seek higher office.” Following his announcement to become a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 2021, Majority Leader Todd Gilbert (R-Shenandoah) of the House of Delegates has called for the Commonwealth’s chief lawyer to “immediately make good on his pledge to resign his office.”
Trump May Have U.S. Military Build Southern Border Wall
In the penultimate month before a stubborn Democratic Party regains the majority in the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump foreshadows on Twitter that the might of the U.S. military may manufacture his campaign promise of a southern border wall, following the arrival of multiple migrant caravans from Latin America amid the upcoming government shutdown clash with speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi.
JLARC Issues Distressing Report Of Virginia’s Oversight Of Foster Care Programs
“Requirements to ensure children’s health and safety are followed in most foster care cases, but lack of adherence to requirements in some cases puts children at risk,” says the General Assembly’s Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission upon a review of the Virginia Department of Social Services.
$3.3 Billion Interstate-81 Corridor Improvement Plan Approved
While the Commonwealth looks to begin upgrading I-81 within the next few years, they claim the best hope is to fund all “immediate” projects by 2060, over four decades from now. Money still poses a problem as, according to VDOT, widening the interstate would cost an estimated 10 to 15 million dollars for every mile of pavement.