Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued an executive order today setting a goal for Virginia to produce 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050. The order says the goal will help Virginia combat climate change, a challenge that poses "potentially...
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is coming to Virginia to support candidates who back stricter gun laws, an issue that gained momentum in the state after a mass shooting in Virginia Beach this spring. Giffords founded a gun safety advocacy group after she...
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg appeared in Norfolk yesterday at a canvas launch for Phil Hernandez, a candidate for Delegate in Virginia’s 100th House District. "So many of the key decisions that shape our everyday lives are made in state legislatures,”...
Congressman Donald McEachin (D-Va.) introduced legislation this week to make residential solar energy more affordable for low-income families. The Low-Income Solar Energy Act would expand a federally funded program that...
A national anti-Trump grassroots organization has raised over $550,000 from volunteers and donors to support Virginia General Assembly candidates in swing districts. Swing Left, which sees flipping the Virginia state legislature blue as a first and crucial step...
As millions of students in the Commonwealth return to school this week, the coming months could define whether a new generation of Virginia college students are (or are not) saddled with historic student debt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) made free community college a...
State Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Stafford) launched Facebook ads this week attacking Democratic challenger Qasim Rashid's faith and patriotism, potentially stirring up hate against an opponent that has already received death threats over his American-Muslim identity....
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) wants the U.S. to become the world leader in developing and producing future technologies to solve the climate crisis, and this weekend she introduced a plan that aims to make that happen. The announcement comes two weeks after another...
Editor's note: This is the first installment of a series profiling candidates running in competitive Virginia state legislature elections. When Sheila Bynum-Coleman lost her second consecutive bid for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2017, she thought to herself:...
The Virginia Crime Commission commenced a two-day series of hearings today aimed at addressing the epidemic of gun violence in a state where someone is shot every 9 hours. The criminal justice agency, which is bipartisan but led by Republicans, will hear what...
