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Virginia Democrats were successful in getting legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by Jan. 1, 2027 to the desk of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who almost certainly will use his veto pen to block it from being enacted.
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Two Virginia Beach police officers are dead after being shot in the line of duty Friday night, according to the department’s social media.
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It’s a fair bet to assume that the MAGAs on the UVA Board of Visitors are planning to direct UVA President Jim Ryan to reverse last week’s reversal from UVA Health on the status of gender-affirming care for trans teens.
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Dave LaRock, who was on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and said the mobs of Trump goons were “peaceful protestors,” is now said to be considering a run for the Republican Party nomination for governor.
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Virginia Democrats have pushed through bills on abortion, gay marriage and voting rights that will be centerpiece issues in the 2025 state elections.
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Looks like we have our next chair of the Virginia Democratic Party: State Sen. Lamont Bagby has announced his interest in the post, and he has just about everybody on his side
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The news from Richmond on Monday is that Susan Swecker is stepping down as chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
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John Fredericks, a loyal MAGA Trumper, did everything but label the presumptive Republican Party frontrunner for governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, a “DEI hire.”
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Friends and AFP readers are in shock and awe over the pace of the efforts to dismantle American democracy coming from the Trump/Musk/MAGA team, and all I can say is, buckle in.
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Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears just voted herself into a political corner on the right to contraception issue.
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