WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — House Republicans huddled in West Virginia on Thursday for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election. One problem: Many didn’t bother to show up. It was the first annual retreat for House Speaker Mike Johnson since he […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that, if approved by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, would allow recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year. Under the bills, the state would start taking applications on Sept. 1 for cultivating, testing, processing and selling the drug in preparation for the market to open May 1, […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday defeated for another year campaign finance reform legislation that would have prohibited elected officials from spending political donations on personal expenses such as mortgages, vacations or gym memberships. Virginia – which allows unlimited donations from individuals, corporations and special interest groups – is a national outlier for lacking […]
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, a Republican elected during the Virginia anti-wokeness red wave of 2021 along with Gov. Glenn Youngkin, isn’t one to get concerned about blowing off liberal pieties. When talking about race and politics in September 2022, she told the New York Post’s Cal Thomas that “[i]n order for [Democrats] to continue […]
A half-dozen more of some of the world’s largest financial institutions could soon be blacklisted by West Virginia for their support of the climate-conscious investing strategy known as ESG, or environmental, social and corporate governance. State Treasurer Riley Moore has warned six major banks they’ll be banned from state business for what the Republican says […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Democrats who control the Virginia General Assembly sent Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin legislation on Friday that would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2026. Identical bills that would bump the current $12-per-hour minimum wage to $13.50 on Jan. 1, 2025, and then to $15 on Jan. 1, 2026, […]
When I first read about this bill on Twitter, I assumed the poster was exaggerating. Then I went and read the bill. Democrats really are pushing a bill to modify the sentences of some of the most horrible criminals incarcerated in Virginia. The bill referenced in the video above is sponsored by Virginia Democrat Sen. […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Jemny Marquinez has wanted to be a police officer since the age of 12, when she saw officers from her local police department in Virginia handing out Christmas gifts to children. Marquinez has the right qualifications, including a bachelor’s degree in criminology, but because she is not a U.S. citizen, she cannot […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plans to build a toxic-spewing fumigation facility in the picturesque Allegheny Mountains. The House voted 84-16 to approve the bill that previously passed the […]
A bill authorizing the construction of a new arena to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals to Virginia passed through the state’s House of Delegates on Tuesday. The proposal, which would establish a stadium authority to issue public bonds, passed 59-40. The bill will now cross over to the Virginia Senate. The legislation has taken a […]
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