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- April 16, 2024
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Youngkin Responds To Bipartisan Vote Calling For Elimination Of Confederate License Plates

While Governor Glenn Youngkin has not vetoed a bipartisan bill to remove two license plates recognizing the Confederacy, he is requiring the Democrat-led effort to submit to another vote next year. Youngkin amended the bill by directing the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles to study the special Sons of Confederate Veterans and Gen. Robert E. […]

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- February 9, 2023
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Virginia Schools Face $202 Million Shortfall?

When thousands of bureaucrats and school administrators set up the Virginia General Assembly for failure, that’s a problem of bad faith extending towards raw malice. The Youngkin administration is being awfully tight lipped on the who-shot-John portion of this story, but you can probably guess what happened. From this morning’s Washington Post: The problem originated with an online […]

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- December 16, 2022
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Youngkin Proposes $1 Billion in Tax Relief

RICHMOND, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin is highlighting $1 billion in tax relief in his budget amendment proposal, including lowering Virginia’s business tax rate from six to five percent and slightly lowering the income tax for payers above $17,000 from 5.75 percent to 5.5 percent. In Thursday’s joint meeting of the General Assembly money committees, Youngkin and members […]

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- June 30, 2022
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New Virginia ABC Laws Take Effect This Week

Several new laws that deal with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s (ABC) licensees, as well as those applying for ABC licenses, are set to take effect starting July 1. As reported by ABC, starting July 1, the Virginia ABC says the Commonwealth will be enacting the following new laws: Third-party delivery license/cocktails to-go (HB […]

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- April 5, 2022
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VCDL, VAPLAN Rank Virginia’s General Assembly Legislators

Via the Virginia Star: The pro-gun Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) has released a scorecard of legislators from the recent General Assembly session, with most Republican legislators scoring 100 percent. In tallies that count votes, Delegate Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) and State Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Rockingham) earned the highest scores based on the number of votes cast and […]

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- April 4, 2022
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Youngkin Signs 45 Bills Ahead of Special Session

In an effort to get as much done before tonight’s General Assembly Special Session as possible, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed 45 non-controversial bills on Friday. (RELATED: What You Need to Know About Virginia’s General Assembly Special Session) Youngkin’s released a press  highlighted bills to cut fees for sportsmen, increase law enforcement training to recognize human […]

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- March 20, 2022
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With the Session Over and Budget Delayed, Virginia Dems Sense Blood in the Water

Virginia Republicans are bumping into a new reality of unelected institutions fighting them every inch of the way. Are we up to the fight? This is a long one. Which probably doesn’t surprise long-time TRS readers, but bear with me — I’m going someplace with this one. One of G.K. Chesterton’s observations is that it’s […]

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- March 17, 2022
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Amid Soaring Energy Prices, Dominion Sticks It to Virginians

You’ve got to hand it to Dominion Energy. They do a magnificent job looking out for the little guy. Wait a minute, sorry, I was thinking of a hypothetical parallel universe where Virginia’s largest electric utility shows a modicum of fairness to its customers. In our current reality, it’s all about charging Virginians an arm […]

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- February 19, 2022
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Reminder: Dems Resisted Abolishing Law That Enabled Loudoun County School Attacks

One monstrosity disguised as legislation that became law after Democrats seized control of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2019 gave schools the power to not report misdemeanor crimes — including sexual assaults — to police. We all know how that turned out. Despite a majority of voters repudiating their shortsighted policy, Democrats in the […]

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- February 4, 2022
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Democrats Vote Down Key Elements of Youngkin’s Agenda

Democratic lawmakers have defeated key elements of Gov. Youngkin’s education agenda. For the moment anyway. Within the bills that died in the Virginia Senate were provisions that supported making it easier to open charter schools, assigning more police officers to schools and banning divisive topics. As Hampton Roads’ WAVY-TV reports: RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A […]

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