Attorney General Mark Herring (D-Va.) has joined 19 other attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its attempt to circumvent a longstanding rule designed to guarantee the safe and humane treatment of children in immigration...
The Virginia Department of Health announced Monday that there have been three confirmed cases of severe lung illnesses tied to the use of e-cigarettes, also known as vaping. The issue is not isolated to Virginia; as of Aug. 22, the Centers for Disease...
Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today's Virginia news coming right up. And if you're a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what's going on in the Commonwealth and tell them...
While Virginia women have seen child care costs skyrocket over the last twenty years, wages have lagged behind and the gender wage gap has narrowed by only four cents, according to a new report from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC). Child care costs in...
Angelica Felder’s dream of going to college were in jeopardy, and with them, so was her hope of becoming a nurse. But then she received a scholarship to George Mason University through the school’s Early Identification Program (EIP), an initiative that helps...
Welcome to the latest edition of ‘Virginian of the week. This week, we interviewed Jordan Joseph, an Arlington-based activist with the Northern Virginia chapter of March for Our Lives. Tell us a little bit about yourself. My name is Jordan Joseph and I am a...
State Sen. Amanda Chase (R-Midlothian) is no stranger to controversy and may find herself having to address another one after she held a fundraiser last night with retiring state Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg), who once argued against criminalizing spousal rape....
If you're reading this, it means you're probably one of the few people who isn't on summer vacation, which means you might be looking for fun things to do this week. Luckily for you, we've put together a calendar of upcoming events across the Commonwealth. No...
Del. Chris Jones (R-Suffolk) spent years opposing Medicaid expansion in Virginia. Now, in a new advertisement, he is boasting that he "led the fight to expand Medicaid." Jones, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee, was one of the key opponents of Medicaid...
Planned Parenthood said Monday that it would withdraw from the federal family planning program that provides birth control and reproductive health care to low-income patients around the country rather than comply with the Trump administration’s decision to ban...
