
Northam kicks off Virginia Women Veterans Week
Gov. Ralph Northam celebrated the start of Virginia Women Veterans Week on Monday with a proclamation and video message honoring the service and sacrifice of women veterans across the Commonwealth.

Gov. Ralph Northam celebrated the start of Virginia Women Veterans Week on Monday with a proclamation and video message honoring the service and sacrifice of women veterans across the Commonwealth.

Virginia lawmakers voted to ban releases of nonbiodegradable balloons and phase out the use of polystyrene foam food containers in a recently-ended legislative session.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $38,564,692.58 in federal funding to support vaccination efforts in Virginia.

The House of Representatives voted 220-211 on Wednesday to send the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act to President Joe Biden’s desk.

Virginia voters have more choices than ever. That is a good thing. Democracy has broken out in the Commonwealth.

The University of Virginia is joining more than 200 campuses in 37 states and the District of Columbia to be designated as a “Voter Friendly Campus.”

Moses Wright, for some reason or the other, is the ACC Player of the Year. Maybe more vexing is that Jose Alvarado is the league’s Defensive Player of the Year. This is where I stop voting for awards.

Over the course of a few weeks, House Democrats have passed bill after bill aiming to fundamentally reshape the United States.

The House voted 220-210 Wednesday to pass the For the People Act, a sweeping package of election reforms that would crack down on voter suppression, protect elections, get money out of politics, strengthen ethics rules, and fight corruption.

The Virginia Department of Elections has completed the state’s risk-limiting audit, confirming that the original count of the votes accurately portrayed the winners of the election in Virginia for president and the U.S. Senate.
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