POLITICS
Virginia health care advocates join Capitol Hill rally against Republican spending cuts
Published April 10, 2025
Virginians joined hundreds of people to rally outside the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday to protest congressional Republicans’ plan to cut off access to health care and groceries for millions of low-income Americans.
Spanberger says she’ll sign bill to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
Published April 10, 2025
The Democratic nominee for governor, former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, has pledged to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour if she is elected this fall.
Richmond TSA workers picket to get union rights back from Trump administration
Published April 9, 2025
About a dozen Transportation Security Administration workers and union supporters picketed outside the Richmond International Airport on Wednesday to call on the Trump administration to reverse course on canceling their collective bargaining agreement.
‘Worse than COVID’: Local Virginia leaders urge action in response to federal funding cuts
Published April 8, 2025
As news broke Tuesday that the US Supreme Court halted an order requiring the Trump administration to rehire fired probationary workers, a Virginia House of Delegates emergency committee met in Alexandria with researchers and local officials from Northern Virginia in search of solutions to the economic crisis unfolding across the region.
Spanberger, Earle-Sears officially declared nominees for Virginia governor’s race
Published April 7, 2025
Former Democratic congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and the current Lieutenant Governor, Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, are the official nominees to become Virginia's 75th governor.
Virginia repro clinics face uncertainty as Trump administration halts federal health funding
Published April 4, 2025
Without Title X federal support, repro clinics in Richmond, Hampton, and other cities may be forced to scale back essential care for low-income patients.
Ex-State Sen. Amanda Chase says she’s eligible to challenge Earle-Sears in a primary
Published April 4, 2025
Regardless of whether Chase makes the primary ballot, it appears Virginia is on track to elect a woman governor for the first time.
Amid growing threats to repro rights in Virginia, a local clinic is still trying to expand access
Published March 31, 2025
Gov. Youngkin’s recent changes to the Virginia Right to Contraception Act and the Contraceptive Equity Act will leave Virginians with fewer contraception and other reproductive health care options.
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.