Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security asked a simple question yesterday during a congressional hearing: which domestic organizations does the FBI consider the top threats to the country right now? Michael Glasheen, who...
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill allowing tenants to make repairs on their property and deduct the costs from their rent. The House is expected to pass the bill as well. A bill that gives tenants the power to make repairs on their property and deduct the costs from their rent, with conditions, recently passed the Virginia Senate and is...
Both houses of the Virginia General Assembly have now passed bills allowing undocumented immigrants in Virginia to pay in-state tuition, making college a more realistic option for the Commonwealth's undocumented students. The prospect of receiving in-state-tuition rates in college never seemed real for T.C. Williams High School senior Mikeala, an...
Invest in a phone mount now; once this bill is signed into law by Governor Northam, Virginia will become a hands-free driving state. The state Senate voted Tuesday in favor of a bill that would prohibit holding a phone while driving a motor vehicle on Virginia roadways and which implements a penalty for the traffic violation. House Bill 874 will...
The eleventh and penultimate installment in a monthly series in which a hometown Richmonder who has spent over a decade abroad explores the many different neighborhoods accessible by GRTC bus lines to discover the ways transit connects us all. Carytown: Given just one day to show a tourist around town, it’s hard to imagine any classic Richmond...
Through English settlers, Jim Crow, and the road to federal recognition, Virginia’s Pamunkey Indian Tribe stands strong. If you haven’t spent much time in the river country of Virginia’s Tidewater region, you might mistake it for a standard-issue rural community. Mobile homes and tin-roofed Cape Cods scatter across flat fields, framed by...
With federal minimum wage stuck at $7.25/hour for over a decade, the General Assembly is finally trying to get Virginia workers a little more cash. For the first time in over a decade, Virginia’s workers might be getting a raise. The Senate passed a bill by a vote of 21-19 that would incrementally increase the commonwealth’s minimum wage to $15...
Bills attempting to ban everything from candy-flavored vape syrups to menthol cigarettes stalled in the General Assembly this year -- but they'll be back next year. Yan Gleyzer was watching via livestream when the state Senate voted Tuesday to defeat a bill that would prohibit the sale of flavored tobacco products. As the owner and CEO of Vape...
Gun rights groups don't like it, but regardless, there's an increasing possibility that the General Assembly will pass an assault weapons ban this year. A controversial bill banning assault firearms passed the House this week along party lines, and after several amendments whittled away at certain requirements that had caused the loudest...
Both bills would seek to give victims of sexual abuse their day in court by allowing more time to file claims after the current statute of limitations has passed. Two bills recently passed the House unanimously that aim to change the state’s statute of limitations for reporting sexual abuse. One bill gives victims a two-year window to file sexual...
