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Republicans don’t like the idea because it means two more Democrats in the United States Senate, though they don’t say that out loud, instead pushing for “retrocession,” basically, subsuming the District back into Maryland.
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Former governor Terry McAuliffe is getting distressingly close to the 50 percent mark in the Democratic Party gubernatorial primary, according to a poll out this week from Christopher Newport University.
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The Virginia Green Travel Alliance is honoring Virginia’s greenest tourism operators and partners for their outstanding commitments to green tourism in Virginia.
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The U.S. House of Representatives will soon vote on statehood for the District of Columbia.
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Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul makes it a point to substitute teach at schools in his House district to be able to learn more about the inner workings of the K-12 school system.
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As we probably learned and as we teach our children, voting is the most important of civic duties.
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A new state law ensures that Virginians are able to keep the entirety of their federal stimulus payments, protecting that money from debt collectors and creditors.
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The 1971 rewriting of the Virginia Constitution reversed a century-old practice of disenfranchising Black voters.
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#TeamAFP has made its second endorsement in the 2021 Democratic primary, backing Roanoke Del. Sam Rasoul in the race for the lieutenant governor nomination.
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Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination candidate Terry McAuliffe today released his Lifting Black Virginians agenda.
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