POLITICS
Winsome Earle-Sears appears to downplay federal worker firings in leaked audio
Published March 31, 2025
The leading candidate in Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial primary apparently downplayed the pain of tens of thousands of federal workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump pushes to end union rights for many federal workers
Published March 28, 2025
President Donald Trump continued his attack on federal workers on Thursday with an executive order to end collective bargaining with unions representing federal workers involved with national security work.
Senator Mark Warner says Hegseth should resign over group chat leak
Published March 26, 2025
The service members stationed in Virginia and deployed overseas and their families deserve better than what is playing out in Washington after high-level members of the Trump administration discussed war plans and potentially classified information in a group message, US Sen. Mark Warner said on a call with reporters Wednesday.
Virginia is not for workers: Youngkin vetoes minimum wage increase, paid leave
Published March 25, 2025
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Monday released his vetoes on a number of bills that would have improved the lives of working-class people in Virginia.
Virginia educators, Democrats raise alarm over Trump’s effort to abolish Education Department
Published March 24, 2025
Last week's double-barrelled attack on the US Department of Education has raised fears about the future of an agency that sends out millions of dollars to school districts across the country and oversees civil rights violations.
Trump’s effort to abolish the Education Department would hurt students with disabilities, families
Published March 21, 2025
The Trump administration’s questionably legal attempt to fulfill the long-time conservative goal of eliminating the US Department of Education puts more than a billion dollars of federal funding for Virginia schools in the crosshairs.
Masked officials detain Rosslyn man for deportation despite no charges
Published March 20, 2025
The Trump administration detained a man without charges outside his home in Rosslyn, Va. in what appears to be a chilling continuation of the president’s right-wing assault on free speech.
George Mason caught up in Trump assault on diversity efforts
Published March 18, 2025
In its bid to scare universities into compliance with its right-wing policies, the Trump administration is putting pressure on a Northern Virginia university over the school’s efforts to be more welcoming to historically oppressed minorities.
Spanberger calls for ‘strongest public schools’ in country as she files for governor
Published March 17, 2025
Candidates across Virginia today filed the necessary paperwork to get on the ballots for statewide and local elections on March 17, 2025.
Virginia leaders brace for impact of federal cuts
Published March 13, 2025
The stress of hundreds of thousands of federal workers who live in Virginia is also being felt by local leaders as they put together their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
Richmond nonprofit fills gap left by Virginia law that requires—but doesn’t fund—free period products in schools
Published March 6, 2025
While state law requires menstrual products in Virginia public schools, the absence of state funding forces nonprofits to shoulder the burden.
‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton |
Published March 18, 2025