
Spanberger introduces bill barring arms sales to human rights violators
U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is leading an effort to prevent American weapons and military equipment from contributing to or facilitating future human rights abuses.

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is leading an effort to prevent American weapons and military equipment from contributing to or facilitating future human rights abuses.

Virginia has committed $8.5 million to upgrade infrastructure at Progress Park in Wythe County, and now a major joint venture is committing to build a manufacturing operation there that projects to employ 2,500 people and produce up to 60 billion medical gloves a year.

The House of Representatives passed Congressman A. Donald McEachin’s bicameral Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $4.1 million to help Virginians continue to access affordable housing.

The Task Force on Culturally Inclusive School Meals and Calendars issued its final report to Gov. Ralph Northam this week after sharing a meal with educators and students at Beville Middle School.

Two suicide bombs set off at a busy gathering area outside of Kabul’s airport killed an unknown number of Afghan citizens and U.S. soldiers.

It was time for the U.S. to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. That doesn’t make what we’re seeing going on there now any less an abject failure.

President Biden has nominated Jessica Aber and Christopher Kavanaugh to fill the U.S. Attorney vacancies in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Western District of Virginia.

The U.S. Senate voted today to approve a trillion-dollar infrastructure package, a big first step on an item at the top of President Biden’s domestic agenda.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration today.
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