If you dream it, and if you believe it, then ... it's going to take a lot of hard work, persistence, coalition-building, compromise, and persuasion to see it through. That doesn't faze proponents of a forthcoming Virginia version of the Green New Deal, a package of...
The first announced presidential candidate to come to the Commonwealth brought a clear message for Virginians: Republican’s power is waning in the once ruby-red state. On the first of nine stops over two days, Beto O’Rourke kicked off his Virginia tour with a...
When Felicia Pricenor leaned into the mic at an anti-abortion rally in Virginia this week, the associate director of the Virginia Catholic Conference said she spoke on behalf of the “voiceless, the unborn Virginians.” Thousands of eyes squinted back in her...
In Virginia we're used to making history, and the campaign trail is no exception. On Tuesday, Beto O'Rourke became the first candidate to visit Virginia in the 2020 presidential contest. But Norfolk resident Diane Allen had a first for him as well. During the...
Beto O’Rourke officially started the 2020 presidential campaign trail in Virginia today, but his focus was on the importance of this year’s state elections. O’Rourke opened his first event talking about gun safety, noting that Virginia does not have universal...
Virginia’s General Assembly is gone for the year. Despite being engulfed by scandal, some things of note actually happened during this session. Below we've gathered the highlights of what got done, what didn't and why it matters. HEALTH: Republicans make insurance...
If you’re a Dominion customer (and most of Virginia is), you’ll be paying up to $5 more every month to help the company clean up the mess it made after spending decades dumping coal ash, the toxic by-product of burning coal, into sites that ultimately leaked into...
