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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… Definitely don’t check out this horrifying story from WDBJ about sea lice stinging…

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… Enjoying the Dogwood Daily? There’s more where that came from. Like…

An attorney representing a man who lost his wife in the Virginia Beach shooting told the Virginian-Pilot on Wednesday that Virginia Republicans’ decision to end this week’s special session of the General Assembly after just 90 minutes was an “insult to the victims’ families.” The session, which was called by Gov. Ralph Northam after the…

More than half (55%) of Virginians have had trouble affording health care in the last year, and 78% are worried about affording health care in the future, according to the Virginia Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS). The survey, conducted by the Altarum Healthcare Value Hub and the Virginia Center for Health Innovation, polled 1,100…

State Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) found himself mired in controversy last week after he invoked the sexual orientation of openly gay state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and tried to depict him as being “really liberal” and wanting to “radically change Virginia.”  In audio obtained by the Washington Post, Reeves said Ebbin is “from Northern Virginia.…

Support for legal abortion has reached its highest level in more than 20 years, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with 60% of Americans saying abortion should be legal in all or most cases, tying the record high level of support from 1995. The poll comes as states like Alabama, Georgia and Missouri…

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 has been named America’s Top State for Business in 2019…

A federal appeals court panel heard arguments Tuesday on whether an earlier decision to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act from a Texas judge should stand. It is the latest step in the judicial saga of the ACA, which has been under legal attack since it passed in 2010. Based on yesterday’s arguments, Axios…

Virginia’s House and Senate Republicans voted to adjourn the General Assembly’s special session on gun violence on Tuesday afternoon, less than two hours after it began. By adjourning until Nov. 18, Republicans are punting on the issue until after this November’s elections, when all 140 seats in the General Assembly are up for grabs. Democratic…

Facing widespread opposition from his party, Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment (R-James City) pulled his surprise bill banning the public from bringing guns from government buildings on the first day of the General Assembly’s special session on gun laws. After shelving the legislation, Norment said the bill “as currently drafted…represents neither my views nor my…