Davis Burroughs

If you dream it, and if you believe it, then … it’s going to take a lot of hard work, persistence, coalition-building, compromise, and persuasion to see it through. That doesn’t faze proponents of a forthcoming Virginia version of the Green New Deal, a package of bold social, economic and environmental reforms, who say wishful…

The first announced presidential candidate to come to the Commonwealth brought a clear message for Virginians: Republican’s power is waning in the once ruby-red state. On the first of nine stops over two days, Beto O’Rourke kicked off his Virginia tour with a humble admission. Speaking at Charlie’s American Cafe in Norfolk, he said his…

When Felicia Pricenor leaned into the mic at an anti-abortion rally in Virginia this week, the associate director of the Virginia Catholic Conference said she spoke on behalf of the “voiceless, the unborn Virginians.” Thousands of eyes squinted back in her direction, fixated on her or the Capitol building behind her. “All 140 members of…

In Virginia we’re used to making history, and the campaign trail is no exception. On Tuesday, Beto O’Rourke became the first candidate to visit Virginia in the 2020 presidential contest. But Norfolk resident Diane Allen had a first for him as well. During the q-and-a portion of the stop in Norfolk, Allen told O’Rourke she…

Beto O’Rourke officially started the 2020 presidential campaign trail in Virginia today, but his focus was on the importance of this year’s state elections. O’Rourke opened his first event talking about gun safety, noting that Virginia does not have universal background checks. He endorsed Democratic state Senate candidate Missy Cotter Smasal, who is running against…

Virginia’s General Assembly is gone for the year. Despite being engulfed by scandal, some things of note actually happened during this session. Below we’ve gathered the highlights of what got done, what didn’t and why it matters. HEALTH: Republicans make insurance plans worse ECONOMY: Let’s not talk about paid family leave or increase the minimum…

If you’re a Dominion customer (and most of Virginia is), you’ll be paying up to $5 more every month to help the company clean up the mess it made after spending decades dumping coal ash, the toxic by-product of burning coal, into sites that ultimately leaked into ground water. If Democrats controlled the General Assembly,…