Op-Ed: Jennifer McClellan – Making Virginia Top in the Nation for Voting Rights
This winter, while looking through my late father’s papers, I found a receipt I’d never seen before: It was the poll tax he paid in 1948 during Harry Truman’s election.
The Republican State Central Committee agrees to allow early voting in convention for religious reasons
The Republican State Central Committee (SCC) met Sunday night to reconsider changing a few of the rules for the upcoming nominating convention.
Amanda Chase takes her gubernatorial campaign to Florida
Virginia state Senator Amanda Chase took her gubernatorial campaign to Florida on Saturday in an apparent attempt to lobby for an endorsement from former President Donald Trump.
Governor Northam Announces Expanded Capacity, Social Gathering Limits to Begin May 15
Governor Ralph Northam announced Thursday that sports and entertainment venues in Virginia will be allowed to operate with expanded capacity, and social gathering limits will increase beginning May 15.
Newsletter: A busy day for Virginia political news junkies
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New poll shows McAuliffe, Rasoul, and Herring with lead in Democratic primaries
Former Governor Terry McAuliffe holds a commanding lead in the latest poll with less than 50 days until Democratic voters across Virginia choose the gubernatorial nominee. Del. Sam Rasoul holds…
Chase, Cox, and Youngkin sent a joint letter to the Republican Party’s State Central Committee
Three Republican gubernatorial candidates excluded another candidate when they sent a joint letter to the Republican State Central Committee (SCC) urging them to reject the proposed method for counting ballots,…
Virginia colleges mull legality of mandatory COVID vaccine
Virginia universities plan a return to campuses in the fall, but there are questions if the COVID-19 vaccine can be mandated.
Gubernatorial candidates respond to Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict
Today, a jury in Minnesota found Derek Chauvin, the police officer that was charged with murdering George Floyd last year, guilty on two murder charges as well as one manslaughter…
In Washington, Chauvin guilty verdict is call to pass police reform measures
After a jury on Tuesday found former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic congressional leaders saw the…