POLITICS
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.
Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
Published March 24, 2025
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled […]
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.
Possible closure of US Department of Education ‘devastating’ for VA
Published March 6, 2025
Grants and other disbursements from the US Department of Education fund about 40% of the annual budget for students with disabilities in Virginia Public Schools.
Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo
Published March 5, 2025
“What’s going to happen is VA’s not going to perform as well for veterans, and veterans are going to get harmed,” said Michael Missal, who was the VA's inspector general for nine years until he was fired last month by Donald Trump.
‘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