
Poll: Majority of Virginians support mask mandates
A large majority of Virginians (75 percent) indicated they are concerned that new COVID-19 variants will lead to a worsening pandemic in their local community.

A large majority of Virginians (75 percent) indicated they are concerned that new COVID-19 variants will lead to a worsening pandemic in their local community.

A new VCU poll has Democrat Terry McAuliffe with a nine-point lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia governor race.

The House Committee on Ways and Means voted this week to approve the sections of the Build Back Better Act within its jurisdiction, following a markup that ran for nearly 35 hours over four days.

The more you see Republican leaders fighting vaccines and indoor masking, the more you have to wonder: is prolonging the COVID-19 pandemic a political strategy?

The quotation, “Laws are like sausages, better not to see them being made,” has been attributed to several different writers and scholars over the years.

A series of events hosted at Washington and Lee University on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will offer the community a chance to remember that dark day.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) is cosponsoring a bipartisan bill that would posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed during a deadly attack at the Kabul airport last month.

Is anybody else out there wondering why we’re not seeing more in terms of last year’s response to COVID with our high case counts of late?

A majority of Virginians indicated that they would be willing to pay more in taxes to support several public services, according to a new statewide poll conducted by the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at VCU.

We have been criticizing the Republican leadership over many issues, beginning with the fact that they have systematically opposed any legislation advanced by Democrats that would better the lives of American people.
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