Curated News from The Virginia Council 9/27/26

Virginia Government updates:

Readers had questions about this year's ballot. Here are some answers. - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

Spanberger Changes Virginia's Regulations Regime By Rich Tucker

Virginia Bishop Urges Catholics to Act Before Election Day By Robert B. Bluey

Two-tiered justice: Local DAs shield noncitizens from immigration consequences | Just The News By Ashe Short

Illegal immigrant sentenced for child sex crimes in Virginia By Nick Minock

House Judiciary report slams Arlington County on sanctuary policies | Fox News By Louis Casiano

Nearly 235K Virginians should never have been disenfranchised, state says - VPM By Dean Mirshahi & Jahd Khalil

Virginia AG Joins Blue-State Coalition Fighting Trump’s $103,000 H-1B Charge * The Gateway Pundit * by Cassandra MacDonald

Governor’s New Executive Order Could Bring Data Centers under RGGI – Virginia Free Press By Steve Haner

RGGI allowance prices 153% higher in Virginia return | Virginia | thecentersquare.com By Shirleen Guerra

Building Gas Plants More Important Than Dominion Sale, Data Center Politics – Virginia Free Press By Steve Haner

'A different deal on the table': AG Jay Jones asks SCC to reset the clock on Dominion-NextEra merger • Virginia Mercury By Shannon Heckt

Instagram will be silenced, restricted for kids in Virginia. Could it improve their lives? – Virginia Free Press By Andrew Kerley

The Concerns Around College Students and Online Sports Gambling | VCU News - VCU News - Virginia Commonwealth University By Tyler Patchen

History, Tradition, & the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence:

Rediscovering America’s Forgotten Founders: Architects of the Constitution Learn about the lives and legacies of four influential yet often overlooked founders: John Dickinson, Gouverneur Morris, Roger Sherman, and James Wilson.

Virginia Archives Month 2026 | Library of Virginia Archives are inextricably tied to the concept of memorial. Whether collections contain cemetery registers, funeral programs, military rolls of honor, or mourning art, documenting those who came before is part of every archives.

Event - The Holy Experiment: Religious Liberty, Pennsylvania, and the Making of America | Constitution Center

The first Supreme Court is established | September 24, 1789 | HISTORY

Did Thomas Jefferson Father Sally Hemings' Children? After More Than a Decade of Research, the Answer Is Finally Firmly in Hand By Dr. Richard Kurin

The DNA Legacy of Thomas Jefferson | bioRxiv

(1) Thomas Jefferson Had Kids With Sally Hemings By Cremiuex

Jefferson, Hemings, & History by a Hair, ... or Hairless History? With George Gori, Dr. Mark Holowchak, & Courtney Crowley

Williams: First Black burial breaks Monticello barrier By Michael Paul Williams

(2) Echoes of War on X: "On this morning 250 years ago, the British hanged a 21-year-old American schoolteacher as a spy, and in trying to make him disappear quietly, they accidentally made him immortal. His name was Nathan Hale, and it is worth sitting with just the last few hours of his life. He had https://t.co/b17pgqzPFF" / X

(2) AncientSnipe184 on X: "Let us not "glorify" nor "romanticize" the slow-hanging of Capt. Nathan Hale. Date & hour Sunday, 22 September 1776, 11 o’clock in the forenoon Place In front of the British Artillery Park near the Dove Tavern; commonly identified with the vicinity of present-day 66th Street https://t.co/1J1dvIGO2u" / X

Remembering Black Civil War heroes at New Market Heights By Oren R. Griffin

Native American tribes wanted to join the Chesapeake Bay partnership. Not anymore. - Maryland Matters By Christine Condon

The Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Liberty:

How Our Spy Agencies Hid Chinese Election Interference Operations | John Solomon

Unmasking Election Fraud: Harmeet Dhillon Discusses DOJ's Groundbreaking Investigations | Just The News with AAG Harmeet Dhillon

Election fraud cases pile up nationwide, from illegal voting to Skid Row forgeries | Sharyl Attkisson

Feds Report 160 Election Fraud Arrests as Thousands of New Leads Pour In By Fred Lucas

6th Circuit Greenlights Ohio's Proof-Of-Citizenship Law By Shawn Fleetwood

Supreme Court rejects Republican redistricting push in Missouri for the third time | Just The News By Misty Severi

SCOTUS reinstates Trump's voter citizenship verification rules | Just The News By Ben Whedon

Cybersecurity agency releases 2026 election integrity plan | Just The News By Ben Whedon

DOJ Ends 'Onerous' Racial Mandates on School Districts By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

(3) Rasmussen Reports on X: "New Evidence Advantage: FED'S The USPS mail covers program records the front outside 'cover' of every state ballot put through their system - name, address & more. State election officials now have ZERO reason not to proactively compare LEGAL Federal voter names to their list. https://t.co/s9cvzZtwgd" / X

Everything About The Catherine Herridge Contempt Case Stinks By Margot Cleveland

The Liberty Archive: Free Mises.org Library, 900+ Books

(1) Introducing Restore the First: What We Built After the Courthouse Closed By Sayer Ji

Revolutionary America: From Subjects to Citizens | Hillsdale College Online Courses

(3) John Solomon on X: "This NYT’s column is a powerful reminder that legacy media organizations for years submitted to formalized government censorship, like @JusttheNews pointed out during the Pentagon’s credentials controversy. https://t.co/Vh9BR2wV67" / X

Articles, News & Quotes:

Don’t Judge the Supreme Court by Its Polls By Ilya Shapiro

Virginia’s extremist abortion vote By Timothy P. Carney

'Organizational Anchor of the Religious Left' Closes By Tyler O'Neil

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left’s Psychodrama Cycle Designed to Win It Elections

New campaign aims to help millions at risk of losing Medicaid coverage under work requirements By Julie Tsirkin & Owen Hayes

(2) MAHA Action on X: "“Most people don’t realize pre-European North America produced more food than it does today.” “That was without John Deere's chemical fertilizers.” Farmer Joel Salatin says America once produced MORE food without modern industrial agriculture than it does today. It’s a stunning https://t.co/CwU8AAKkdM" / X