“The government has nukes,” said Congressman Eric Swalwell on Twitter, charging that those who would not adhere to potentially stricter firearm legislation would basically be assassinated by the U.S. government.
Governor Ralph Northam said recently that he wants to target “spiraling healthcare costs,” as Medicaid expansion went into effect earlier this year. Interestingly, he mentioned that Senate Bill 964, introduced by State Senator Glen Sturtevant (R-Richmond), a bill the governor vetoed in May, is “certainly something we can put on the table,” going against the Democratic agenda.
The rise in cost follows increases in previous years as additional revenue is needed to finance the construction of the second phase of the Metro rail system’s Silver Line that will extend to Ashburn, going through Dulles International Airport.
Apart from speaking briefly on arms reduction agreements between the U.S. and the Russian Federation, Vice President Mike Pence warned Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop meddling in U.S. elections, giving the authoritarian leader a grim stare down.
With Altria Group quietly pushing language in the state budget to investigate the health effects of new technology for tobacco inhalation products, the 14-member bipartisan, bicameral panel is preparing to ask the General Assembly to form a “working group” to study new products in the tobacco industry as more adolescents buy items that use liquid tobacco or liquid nicotine for “vaping,” raising concerns about companies marketing towards youths.
“To ensure our region’s prosperity, we must work to ease the tax burden on our families and small businesses and see to it that we get back from Richmond as much as we give. We need to build on our past successes of job creation and continue our efforts to alleviate traffic congestion, so we spend more time with family and community and less time commuting,” Republican candidate for the 50th House district Ian Lovejoy said this weekend following the launch of his 2019 General Assembly campaign.
Republican candidate Joe May will face Democratic nominee Delegate Jennifer Boysko (D-Fairfax) to replace Congresswoman-elect Jennifer Wexton in a Tuesday, January 8 special election.
Republican Ronnie Campbell will face Democratic challenger Christian Worth in next month’s special election for the seat to succeed Congressman-elect Ben Cline in western Virginia.
It is no small wonder why the Russian government would not unleash every inch of its disinformation machine against the project.
Tazewell County’s Don Nelson explained that he chose to get into the drone business from an “agricultural standpoint,” saying that “his research had shown that farmland was being lost at the rate of 3,000 acres per year due to brush and weeds. If not addressed, based on rising U.S. population, it could mean food shortages by 2025.”
