Richmond has been popping up on a lot of national lists lately. For many longtime residents, that's a mixed bag. More attention brings investment, jobs and opportunities along with higher housing costs, heavier traffic and a city that seems to get a little more...
And Governor elect Spanberger urges Democrats to reopen government, not prolong fight Virginia’s senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, find themselves on opposite sides of a Senate proposal to reopen the government, a sign of rising Democratic tension as the shutdown drags into its sixth week. The proposed agreement, brokered by a bipartisan group...
At the Richmond Convention Center on Tuesday, supporters of Abigail Spanberger gathered to mark a turning point in Virginia’s history. By night’s end, Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman, became the Commonwealth’s first woman governor. Her victory led a broader Democratic sweep across the state, wins for lieutenant...
This week, Zohran Mamdani won the race to become the next mayor of New York City in one of the nation’s most closely watched elections. A Democratic socialist who campaigned alongside Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in both the primary and the general election. But beyond the political...
"We sent a message to the whole world that in 2025 Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship. We chose our Commonwealth over chaos." — Governor-elect, Abigail Spanberger. Cheers erupted throughout The Richmond Convention Center as Abigail Spanberger was officially declared the 75th governor of Virginia at 7:53 pm. In a race that felt more...
The final week of October in Richmond saw Virginia Democrats push to begin the process of amending the state constitution ahead of the 2025 election. Changing the Virginia Constitution requires lawmakers to pass resolutions in two consecutive legislative sessions, separated by an election. The proposed amendment would allow redistricting ahead of...
American democracy is in retreat. Or as Senator Mark Warner told me last week, “There is a shock and awe component to this, as soon as you mount an opposition to one area, they take a shot somewhere else.” He’s not wrong. The examples are becoming too numerous, too disparate, to isolate any one incident as the singular cause. Masked ICE...
Your health insurance is renewing, congratulations, and by the way, it’s going to cost a lot more next year. Maybe twice as much, maybe five times, depending on how much you make and how little Congress feels like doing its job. That’s about 400,000 Virginians whose coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplace depends on subsidies that...
Editor's note: Redfern Hemp Co. is a current sponsor of RVA Magazine. This story was produced independently and without editorial control or influence. RVA Magazine began covering Virginia’s cannabis industry earlier this year, and support from Redfern and several other companies in the industry helps make continued reporting on issues like this...
There’s no shortage of ways to send messages these days. The mediums are endless, bound together by infinite technologies and platforms. But sometimes the simplest forms make the strongest impact. And that’s exactly what William “Mac" McCormick, owner of McCormack’s Irish Pub, McCormack's Big Whisky Grill, and McCormack's Whisky Grill did last...
