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Gov. Abigail Spanberger will be referred to with traditional formality:
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As Democrats take control, Youngkin issues party-line warnings while reflecting on Virginia's progress during his farewell.
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"Victims of human trafficking, who would testify against terrible perpetrators, no longer felt safe going to court," said immigration attorney Ryan Durazo.
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Representatives of both the business community and organized labor voiced skepticism at a recent forum that an end to Virginia's right-to-work law is on the horizon for 2026. "Right to work is not a big thing to us right now," said Don Slaiman, political coordinator for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Work…
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A constitutional amendment to codify abortion access has cleared the last major hurdle before likely going to Virginia voters for a referendum in November. Today (Friday), the Virginia Senate advanced an amendment to protect abortion in the Constitution of Virginia 21-18, following an earlier 64-34 vote by the Virgini…
🚨Senate Democrats BLOCK amendment requiring victims to be made whole before voting rights are restored. An amendment offered by @RyanMcDougle would require the victims of violent felons to be made whole before the voting rights of the perpetrator are restored. Democrats just…
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But a return to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative could give Republicans an opportunity to attack Democrats’ affordability message.
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Democratic Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger has said she plans to push back against “bad policies” from the White House.
🚨The NYTimes is reporting that Governor-elect Spanberger has asked for the resignation of at least 5 BOV members at UVA, including Rector Rachel Sheridan and Paul Manning. It is unknown at this time if there are more than five. There are currently 12 members on the Board. If a…
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Abigail Spanberger and Democrat majorities in the legislature are going to expand abortion, allow felons to vote, ban guns, and much more.
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In most years, the Commonwealth has gained federal civilian workers. The Trump administration’s cuts took away more than 20,000 government jobs last year.
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FCPS Superintendent Michelle Reid said the investigation found the allegations to be untrue and based on statements that were “misinterpreted, mistranslated, ta
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Organizations, employers, colleges and universities are working together to boost the apprentice system in Hampton Roads.
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Dominion is suing the Interior Department for the December order, which the utility calls “arbitrary and capricious.”
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While Virginia Tech launches a massive $229 million campaign to compete nationally, college officials across the state are guarding financial details, refusing to release revenue-sharing records th…
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A city spokesperson declined to comment on why a large batch of invoices came in just as 2025 ended.
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The prominent career prosecutor had become the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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This doesn't send the best message.
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This account is based entirely on records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, including internal correspondence, contemporaneous complaints, and summaries of 36 formal interviews conducted by outside counsel with physicians, administrators, and staff at UVA Health. These ma
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Text messages obtained by a public records request reveal that University of Virginia board members freely shared criticism and outrage amid recent campus tensions.
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A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in downtown Petersburg Wednesday morning drew immediate community response after video of the incident spread rapidly on social media.
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History, Tradition & the 250th Anniversary of Independence
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Wythe has been called “Jefferson’s godfather” for training Jefferson in the law — and more. He became the first university-affiliated law professor in the country, then he was poisoned by a relativ…
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The event is the culmination of several years of research, politicking and patience on the part of the Franklin County NAACP, the monument committee and community volunteers, who were determined to…
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The stove was described as “a masterpiece not to be equalled in all Europe” and one that “does honour to Great Britain.”
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The Jack Miller Center is a Philadelphia-based educational nonprofit committed to solving the national crisis of uninformed citizenship by teaching America’s founding principles and history.
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Yesterday, I had the great pleasure of speaking at the Valentine Museum and the Library of Virginia on free speech and my forthcoming book for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independen…
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Several Democratic policymakers have high hopes for a bill to crack down on assault weapons once Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger takes office. Legislation to outlaw any sales or transfers of new "assault firearms" passed both chambers in each of the last two legislative sessions, but was vetoed upon reaching the desk of…
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President Donald Trump's Department of Justice just handed Second Amendment supporters a big win.
The Federalist
More than two dozen election integrity activists signed a letter urging Indiana lawmakers to prohibit ranked-choice voting in elections.
JUST IN: DOJ concludes that a federal ban on mailing concealable firearms is unconstitutional, saying the ban cannot be enforced and the Postal Service should remove its restrictions.
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