Davis Burroughs

Happy Sunday, Virginia. If you’re like us, sitting on your couch and trying to figure out what to do with your day (or week or month), check out our list of this week’s events. ICYMI: 5 things that happened this week…  After decades blocking gun reforms, some Virginia Republicans signal they could release grip on stronghold…

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is becoming one of the biggest thorns in President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda. On Wednesday, Herring announced he is co-leading a new lawsuit against Trump’s controversial overhaul of federal “public charge” rules that target legal immigration. Then, on Thursday, a federal appeals court sided with Herring and other AGs from…

Summer is winding down and you’re probably debating whether or not you want to brave the hot, humid outdoors. If you don’t, more power to you. We’re big fans of spending nights and evenings on the couch. But if you do want to get out of the house and go do something this week, we’ve…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… Virginia was the first colony in the United States, and if…

The nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group is making a “six-figure” investment into the 2019 Virginia General Assembly elections and endorsing a record number of state Senate and House candidates. “This is the largest number of endorsements we have made ever in the state of Virginia for State elected officials and it is the highest investment…

Welcome to today’s edition of the Dogwood Daily. We’ve got a round-up of all of today’s Virginia news coming right up. And if you’re a fan, please forward to three friends who need to know what’s going on in the Commonwealth and tell them to subscribe here.  But First… Delegate Ibraheem Samirah has responded to the Roanoke Times, after the…

Virginia standardized test scores were released yesterday, and education officials were disappointed with the results. The Washington Post reports that 78% of students passed the state reading exam — about the same as last year — but a closer look at the numbers reveals significant achievement gaps between students of color and their white peers.…

A Chesterfield County official told the local school board that the 54 school cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ disease will be cleaned and inspected before school is back in session. “Everything is going to be cleaned and tested by the start of the [school] year,” John Thumma, the school…

Some things never change — Virginians like to drink. Virginia liquor sales hit an all-time high over the last year as ABC stores across the Commonwealth collected more than $1 billion in revenue, a $71 million increase from the previous reporting year. Setting records at the ABC store is nothing new. Fiscal year 2019, which…

Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox will air the first television ad of his reelection campaign today, a clip seemingly designed to suggest Cox has the support of minority communities. The 30-second spot features mostly people of color calling Cox, “one of us.” The video is also among the first television ads of the 2019 General…