As of 2025, 13 states and the District of Columbia have passed or implemented varying paid leave laws. Our state of Virginia, on the other hand, has fallen behind, but it’s not for a lack of trying.
Once they take away one city’s right to govern itself, the rest of us could be next. Like most of us, we are working-class people, and we care deeply about our communities. We vote for leaders who have our best interests at heart. But what happens when those leaders are stripped of their power to govern?
In the aftermath of the One Big Beautiful Bill’s (OBBB) passage, Virginians must ask: What does this sweeping legislation truly mean for our communities?
In March, the Youngkin-Sears administration vetoed commonsense bills that would allow hard-working Virginians to do more than just survive.
In a state like Virginia, which is on the front lines of climate change and also solutions to fight it, the significance of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – and the negative impacts of its potential repeal by Congress – cannot be overstated.
The recent federal layoffs are sending shockwaves throughout Northern Virginia, highlighting the far-reaching impact on local communities, businesses, families, and national security broadly.
There are drastic changes ahead for public education in the United States, and these changes can impact our K-12 students via radical, severe cuts to public education funding.
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front...
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
As a budding reporter, every beat I cover is a whole new world! Come along with me to my first General Assembly session.
