Davis Burroughs

The transgender student who reshaped the national debate on school bathroom policies received a generous scholarship from another notable figure in the LGBTQ activist community last week. Gavin Grimm, a trans male, made national headlines when his 2014 case against a Virginia school board’s “bathroom policy” nearly made it to the Supreme Court. Grimm’s efforts…

Virginia voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide the Democratic or Republican nominees in 16 state Senate races and 19 House of Delegates races. The night saw a handful of surprise victories in what were mostly low-turnout elections, but of the 14 incumbents facing primaries, only two lost. But one key takeaway from yesterday’s elections was…

Twenty-one thousand, six hundred low-income Virginians will lose their health insurance when the state implements a Republican-backed rule mandating that Medicaid enrollees must either be employed or prove that they are trying to get a job in order to keep their coverage, according to the state’s fiscal impact statement. The work requirement rules were critical…

Virginia State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant is always willing to undo regulations for big corporations, a trait that plays well among her conservative base. But her support for bills that allow insurance providers to deny health care coverage for people with pre-existing conditions might go a bit too far for the average Virginian. More than 3.4…

RICHMOND — In the wake of the Virginia Beach shooting, dozens of community leaders, policemen and women, gun-violence victims and concerned citizens gathered inside a church tabernacle to talk to lawmakers about Virginia’s firearm laws. Despite the painful topic, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) conducted Monday’s round table discussion with skill, granting each participant their moment…

In Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, two prosecutors in Northern Virginia lost their bids to be releelected to newcomers who focused on inequities in the criminal justice system versus being tough on crime. In a bellwether state like Virginia, the results could reflect a larger shift in thinking among Democratic voters when it comes to criminal justice…

The Federal Communications Commission announced $37 million in funding to expand high-speed internet access across rural Virginia, WDNJ7 reports. “It’s a lot” of money, Melissa Gay, a communications member at electric utility Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, told WDNJ7. Enough to extend broadband to nearly 14,000 underserved rural Virginian homes and businesses over the next 10…

President Trump threatened historic tariffs against Mexico in recent weeks, then claimed already-established agreements between Mexico and the United States were the result of his threats and an “incredible” deal worthy of a national holiday. Trade with Mexico may seem like a national issue, but it has real effects in Virginia. Consumers in the Commonwealth…

Last week, a shooter in a Virginia Beach municipal building killed 12 people in about ten minutes. That’s more time than state lawmakers spent debating a bill in January that would have banned the extended-capacity magazine the shooter used to fire as many bullets as possible without having to reload. In January, just four members…

STERLING, VA — A Loudoun County forum had 11 Democratic candidates for public office in attendance last week, and of that group, only one was a white man. So it goes for the Democratic party in Virginia, wherein women and minorities have risen to elected office and leadership positions at historic pace amid a growing…