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Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing How each Virginia congressional district shifted left Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win Spanberger talks election and more in press call Shannon Taylor talks win and moving forward
Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
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Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
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How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
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Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
Spanberger talks election and more in press call
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Spanberger talks election and more in press call
Virginia approved all three constitutional amendment proposals
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Virginia approved all three constitutional amendment proposals
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Virginia approved all three constitutional amendment proposals

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Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
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Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
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How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
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Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
Spanberger talks election and more in press call
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Spanberger talks election and more in press call
The retail legalization of marijuana could be significantly impacted by November’s elections in Virginia
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The retail legalization of marijuana could be significantly impacted by November’s elections in Virginia
Guest Op-Ed on ending prison profiteering in Virginia
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Guest Op-Ed on ending prison profiteering in Virginia
After voting against it earlier this year, Torian now says he supports repealing right-to-work
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After voting against it earlier this year, Torian now says he supports repealing right-to-work
National Republican group says they are investing another $100K in Winsome Sears for lieutenant governor
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National Republican group says they are investing another $100K in Winsome Sears for lieutenant governor
Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
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Opposition and support show up in Dominion Energy and NextEra merger hearing
How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
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How each Virginia congressional district shifted left
Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
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Richmond Dem-Socialists eye future races after Jackie McDonnough’s sweeping win
Spanberger talks election and more in press call
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Spanberger talks election and more in press call
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Cline accepts Macy’s debate challenge; Macy not happy with schedule

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Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District is the first to kick off the annual debate-over-debates drama ahead of November’s midterm elections for the House of Representatives.

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Gov. Spanberger signs executive order to help fill the gap in federal funding for Medicaid and SNAP

August 26, 2026 vascope

Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an executive order Tuesday directing her administration to take additional steps to protect Virginians who could lose access to Medicaid and food assistance under President Donald…

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DNC gives final approval for early primary voting in Virginia

August 17, 2026 vascope

Virginia has been approved as an early-window state in the 2028 Democratic presidential nominating calendar, giving the commonwealth an expanded role in the next presidential primary.

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Spanberger, Democrats have already replaced half of Youngkin’s college board picks

July 29, 2026 vascope

Gov. Abigail Spanberger has already appointed nearly half of the members serving on Virginia's public university governing boards, an unusually rapid reshaping made possible after Democrats in the General Assembly…

FBI tells OAG they will not follow new law

July 24, 2026 vascope

The FBI’s Richmond field office sent Attorney General Jay Jones a letter to inform him that its agents will disregard a new Virginia law requiring law enforcement officers to render…

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Judge wants more information to allow lawsuit to continue with governor’s chief of staff and Democratic operative

July 23, 2026 vascope

A Richmond Circuit Court judge has ruled that Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Chief of Staff Bonnie Krenz-Schnurman must provide more details in her lawsuit against political operative Ben Tribbett if she…

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After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

July 17, 2026 vascope

efore the start of Virginia’s legislative session in January, 53-year-old William Ward attended a Virginia League of Conservation Voters rally in Petersburg, where he learned about how the state’s data…

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Six months with Spanberger

July 17, 2026 vascope

Gov. Abigail Spanberger is more than six months into her first term as Virginia’s 75th governor and the commonwealth’s first female governor. Since taking office, she has signed legislation addressing…

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Spanberger discusses multiple legal setbacks for Democratic legislation

July 17, 2026 vascope

Multiple laws passed by Democrats in Richmond this year have either been struck down or paused by the legal system. The bans on assault weapons and ICE agents wearing masks…

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Spanberger talks Dominion Energy and NextEra merger

July 17, 2026 vascope

NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy filed paperwork on Wednesday seeking regulatory approval to initiate what would become the largest utility company merger in the United States.

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