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Not all the news from D.C. on Friday was awful news. The U.S. House voted 234-193 to pass the Safer Communities Act, the first meaningful gun safety legislation to see the light of day in 30 years.
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Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, is wasting no time telling you what he’s going to do now that states can restrict a woman’s right to an abortion.
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The United States Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, has overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenhood vs. Casey, overturning five decades of judicial precedent that had guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion.
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Hanley Energy announced today that it will invest $8 million to expand its Hanley Energy Electrical division in Loudoun County.
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This is the Second Amendment in full-on action: Republicans running for office gleefully pretending to defend the country from whomever. Only a good guy with a gun can stop a politician with a big mouth. A literal civil war is fomenting, or so it seems, and Jan. 6 was just a practice run.
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Ben Cline, who voted to decertify 2020 presidential votes in Arizona and Pennsylvania, no doubt endearing himself to MAGA Nation, easily won the Republican primary in the Sixth District on Tuesday.
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) was joined by Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) in introducing bipartisan legislation to promote lasting economic prosperity in Black, brown and low-income communities.
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The term “dark patterns” is used to describe online interfaces in websites and apps designed to intentionally manipulate users into taking actions they would otherwise not.
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The LEGO Group will invest over $1 billion to construct its U.S. manufacturing plant in Chesterfield County.
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The Assault Weapons Excise Act, introduced by Eighth District Democrat Don Beyer, would impose a 1,000 percent excise tax on the manufacture, production, or importation of assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines.
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