POLITICS

Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia Democratic lieutenant governor race
By Michael O'Connor |
Published June 18, 2025
The Virginia state senator will face Republican nominee John Reid in the general election this fall.

Jay Jones projected to win Democratic nomination for Virginia attorney general
By Michael O'Connor |
Published June 17, 2025
The former state delegate will now face Republican incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares in November’s general election.

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would have some ugly consequences for Virginia housing
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 17, 2025
How is Trump's "one big beautiful bill" connected to housing in Virginia?

Where do the candidates for Governor stand on public schools
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 16, 2025
Guess whose kids go to public school, and guess who supports vouchers?

Trump’s medicId cuts would hurt seniors who get home care
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 16, 2025
Republican threats to Medicaid in Virginia not only means people could lose access to health care—many could also lose their jobs.
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Virginia senator calls Youngkin ‘coward’ for vetoing ghost gun bill
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 13, 2025
Ghost guns are among the fastest-growing gun safety problems in the US. So why did Gov. Glenn Youngkin veto legislation that would have banned these homemade firearms in Virginia? 🤔

Who is Abigail Spanberger and what does she stand for?
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 13, 2025
Carly takes a look at where the Democratic candidate for governor stands on some of Virginians' top issues.

Black Virginia leaders condemn Earle-Sears’ comments about slaves, DEI
By Michael O'Connor |
Published June 12, 2025
The Republican nominee for governor talks about race in ways that former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder and Virginia Del. Candi Mundon King find “troubling.”

ICE conducts raid at immigration court in Sterling, agent gets physical with bystanders
By Michael O'Connor |
Published June 12, 2025
The Trump administration is ramping up its already-heightened crackdown on immigrants, and the impact is being felt in Virginia.

Virginia Congressman on how medicaid cuts could impact children
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 11, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Virginian children, seniors, and people with disabilities depend on Medicaid. Hear how cutting the program, as Republicans hope to do, could impact one of them — a 12-year-old girl with bladder issues.

Virginia lawmaker angry over Republican threats to medicaid
By Dogwood Staff |
Published June 11, 2025
Listen as Virginia House of Delegates Majority Leader Charniele Herring vents her anger over the Republican effort to take health care away from hundreds of thousands of Virginians—young and old.

Spanberger unveils new plan to lower Virginians’ energy costs
By Michael O'Connor |
Published June 10, 2025
The Democratic nominee for governor rolled out an energy plan aimed at making the cost of living more affordable in Virginia.