
Northam announces administration appointments
Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced additional appointments to his administration on Friday.

Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) and Congresswoman Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the House companion bill of the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act.

A bipartisan group of 15 senators introduced the Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act this week.

The U.S. House voted 364-62 on Tuesday to pass legislation that would condemn all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, racism, and discrimination in the face of a troubling rise in COVID-19-related hate crimes.

Republicans, who spent years using congressional subpoena powers to go on several anti-Democrat witch hunts (“Benghazi!”), are calling foul on this Jan. 6 commission, saying it reeks of politics. Something here reeks, and it ain’t the Jan. 6 commission.

Seeking to build on the proven success of the New Markets Tax Credit program, the Rural Jobs Act would increase the flow of capital to rural areas and will serve as an important tool in recovery efforts.

The Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act prohibits debts collectors from threatening a servicemember with reducing their rank, revoking their security clearance, or prosecuting them under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $10,575,962 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund projects at seven airports across the Commonwealth.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to increase cooperation between the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans legal clinics.

President Biden wants to retool and relaunch the Civilian Conservation Corps as the Civilian Climate Corps.
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