Politics
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The Spanberger strategy: Can this Virginia Democrat reset the politics of public education?
As Abigail Spanberger campaigns for Virginia governor, her strategy on public education could offer a playbook for a party that has struggled to come up with a clear agenda to counter Republicans’ messaging.
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Professors, campus community rally against Trump attacks on GMU, UVA
Professors worry about the chilling effect of the Trump administration’s investigations on academic freedom.
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Is Virginia’s #2 Republican trying to wreck your local school? We’ve got the receipts on Winsome Earle-Sears
Here are 4 instances when the Republican running for governor of Virginia has proven she’d make public schools worse.
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Earle-Sears refuses to say if Trump’s federal job cuts are bad for Virginia
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Friday refused to say whether she supported President Donald Trump’s federal workforce cuts, or if they had been bad for Virginia in a testy exchange with CNN anchor Manu Raju.
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Ghazala Hashmi speaks out: ‘I’m so thankful my doctor could save my life’
The Democrat running for lieutenant governor of Virginia reveals she had two dangerous miscarriages—and pledges to protect reproductive rights for all.
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Rising unemployment, Trump cuts fuel uncertainty about Virginia economy
A University of Virginia economist warns that if Virginia’s unemployment rate keeps rising it could strain state resources.
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Virginia elders lost over $100 million to scams last year. Spanberger says ‘bad actors’ must be held accountable
As elder fraud surges, the FBI is urging vigilance—and Virginia’s Democratic candidate for governor is calling for broader actions against the platforms enabling scams.
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Meet the pro-union Chesapeake progressive running in a Republican district
Democrat Rodney Nickens says Virginia’s “right-to-work” law has got to go as he campaigns in a conservative House of Delegates district.
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Virginia hospitals to lose billions under Trump’s Medicaid cuts; job losses could follow
An estimated 323,000 Virginians would lose Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage because of Trump’s recently-passed budget bill. The cuts to Medicaid also threaten the livelihoods of healthcare workers.
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Earle-Sears, Virginia GOP back anti-union policy, federal job cuts while claiming to support workers
Leaders with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) blasted the Virginia Republican ticket for supporting anti-worker policies like “right-to-work” as unemployment rises under the Trump and Youngkin administrations.
