Editor's Note: Details about Richmond's rally on Saturday can be found here. The No Kings protest is shaping up to be one of the largest pro-democracy protest in American history. Spread across 2,500 cities and towns nationwide, from major metropolitan areas like NYC,...
The Trump Administration has taken aim at food standards for public school lunches, a program championed by former First Lady Obama, and Virginia's First Lady, Dorothy McAuliffe, is non-too-pleased about it. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, in his first duty since being appointed by Trump and approved by the Senate last week, spoke at a...
Trump's actions in DC - from healthcare to budget cuts - continue to put pressure on Congressional Republicans, and one Farmville group hopes to turn up the heat on their congressman, Tom Garrett, whether he shows up or not. “A conversation with a representative who is going to make decisions on our behalf seems like an important conversation to...
A small race in the DC suburbs leads to an upset for a Republican state-legislator and a win for Democrats last night. Jacqueline Smith, a personal injury lawyer from Prince William County, won in last night's local Circuit Court Clerk race against one of the most powerful Republicans in the state house, Majority Whip Jackson Miller. Rep. Miller...
President Donald Trump has had a complex history with Virginia... Over the years, he has made campaign contributions to Virginia politicians, including Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, and bought a golf course and vineyard in the state. But Virginia voters favored Hillary Clinton over Trump in last fall's presidential election, and Virginia...
A new poll out of Quinnipiac University confirms what is continuing to be a national trend - folks want legal pot for personal use. While the poll doesn't ask how people should get it (full recreational with state sanctioned sale) it found that possession of small amounts for personal use should not be a crime in the Commonwealth. "They want...
In his bid for the Democratic nomination for governor, Tom Perriello says he would make community college free, raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour and confront the Trump administration over its policies on immigration and other issues. Perriello – who has won an endorsement from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders – discussed those topics Monday night...
Virginia Senator Mark Warner hopes to help alleviate the burden of college debt with bipartisan legislation that he is introducing to Congress. The two bills are the Dynamic Repayment Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), and the Employer Participation in Repayment Act, co-sponsored by Sen. John Thune (R-SD). While the first bill aims to...
Democratic Virginia Sen. Mark Warner has found himself on the front lines in the fight against President Trump's executive actions and we can now add the nomination of a new Supreme Court Justice to the list. In a statement sent out this morning, Warner (top image left) said he was worried about the future of the Senate if the so called "nuclear...
In continuing his efforts to fight President Donald Trump's travel ban, Attorney General Mark Herring has filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Herring, along with Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh, are leading a coalition of 17 state attorneys urging the court to reject the Trump administration's...
