Every morning at 9 a.m. in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, the world stops. Cars freeze in the streets, trams halt mid-track, and pedestrians stand silent as the national anthem plays. It lasts a minute, a ritual pause to remember the dead and remind the living what they’re...
How did Gerry Baugh go from being a primary player in Central Virginia's hard-right political sphere to closing his body shop without notice, leaving customers in the lurch? RVA Mag does some digging. When I cut my engine in the parking lot of Baugh Auto Body and Truck Repair, the air was relatively still. There was some minor commotion at the...
When someone is charged with a crime, prosecutors and judges want to make sure the defendant shows up for court. So they usually require the person to put up cash bail -- money the defendants forfeit if they skip town. But now, many officials -- from local prosecutors to the state attorney general -- are rethinking that practice. They say that...
Guns will remain prohibited in Virginia churches this year, and at least one security expert is glad, calling the proposed law "chaos waiting to happen." While most people go to church to worship, security expert Chernoh Wurie goes to worship and protect. He leads security at Hill City Church in the Richmond area. A bill to allow weapons,...
In the final weeks of its 2019 session, the General Assembly passed three bills that would help people using cannabis-derived medications. On Saturday, the House and Senate gave final approval to a bill allowing students who have proper documentation to use CBD oil and THC-A oil at school. SB 1632, sponsored by Sen. Glen Sturtevant, R-Richmond,...
Some want Northam, Fairfax, and Herring to resign. Some want them to stay in office. And almost half of Virginians polled just weren't sure. Virginians have low approval ratings of Gov. Ralph Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, but most people say no one should resign or be impeached, according to a recent poll by the University of Virginia’s...
They sang songs of resilience, held hands and promised to continue fighting for environmental justice. That was the scene Tuesday night in a middle school gymnasium where more than 700 people gathered to hear former Vice President Al Gore and a prominent civil rights leader, the Rev. William Barber II, draw connections between poverty, racism,...
Delegate Kathy Tran's controversial attempt to ease restrictions on late-term abortions in Virginia was defeated in the General Assembly. But President Trump is still campaigning against it. At one point last month, it seemed like third-trimester abortions, and their legality in Virginia, would be the controversy that dominated the state's...
At issue is the president's declaration of a "state of emergency" in order to acquire funding for his Mexican border wall without gaining Congress's approval. Virginia has joined a coalition of 15 other states to challenge President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency and to block the diversion of congressional funding to build a...
A flurry of bills addressing affordable housing and high eviction rates in Virginia cities moved forward in the House and Senate this week. Three bills on those issues have passed both chambers and have been sent to Gov. Ralph Northam to be signed into law. Several other measures have passed one chamber and are awaiting a floor vote in the other....
