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We’ve finally found something that Republicans, Democrats and independents agree on: if a person is convicted of a felony, they should not be eligible to be elected president.
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A group of Virginia and North Carolina U.S. House members are leading an effort to get the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline’s requested extension of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Southgate project.
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President Joe Biden asked for approximately $40 billion in additional spending yesterday from Congress, including $24 billion for Ukraine.
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Electric toothbrushes, calculators, airplanes, satellites. Nearly everything that has an “on” switch contains a semiconductor.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission estimates that 97 percent of fentanyl is manufactured using precursor chemicals from China.
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More than one-third of Virginians believe that inflation and the rising cost of living is the most important issue facing Virginia today, followed by education, women’s reproductive rights and gun control.
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America is one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Yet when compared to other advanced industrialized countries, it fares dismally in national laws and policies affecting workers.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin is spending $3.1 million of your dollars to send Virginia National Guard members to the Texas border, which created a nice backdrop for a political photo-op last week, but otherwise isn’t doing much good for anybody.
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott have introduced legislation that would increase the federal minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $17 an hour.
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The rumblings about Abigail Spanberger having interest in the 2025 Virginia governor’s race are amplifying.
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