Michael is an award-winning journalist who started covering Virginia news in 2013 with reporting stints at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia Business, and Richmond BizSense. A graduate of William & Mary and Northern Virginia Community College, he also covered financial news for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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How Republicans blocking the latest IVF bill is playing out in Virginia’s US Senate race
The popularity of in vitro fertilization is being ignored by Republicans fighting to restrict basic reproductive rights.
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Early in-person voting starts Friday in Virginia. Here’s what to know.
“Taking care of this task ahead of time makes sure you do get to participate, regardless of what happens to mess with one’s plans on election day.”
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Abortion ban ‘nearly cost me my life,’ Virginians hear from Harris reproductive freedom tour
The Harris-Walz campaign wants voters to understand that the Democratic ticket will fight to restore abortion rights, while Donald Trump and JD Vance have a record of supporting less reproductive freedom.
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Virginia’s 2025 attorney general’s race is taking shape
Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor says her experience makes her the best candidate for the job.
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Trump admitted he still has no health care plan. What that means for Virginia
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would kick 647,768 Virginia residents off of insurance plans and limit the health insurance coverage for hundreds of thousands more.
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Trump confuses Virginia with West Virginia in debate when sharing debunked lie
Trump confused West Virginia with Virginia when he brought up an old lie about abortion care and Harris attacked him for his comments after the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville.
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Far-right Republican Lt. Governor enters Virginia’s 2025 governor’s race
News broke Thursday morning that Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears had filed paperwork to become the first Republican to enter the governor’s race. Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears is officially running for governor, according to a WRIC report. Earle-Sears is the second candidate to enter the governor’s race and the only Republican to do so…
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Project 2025 threatens thousands of Virginia workers
The conservative policy playbook tied to Donald Trump would threaten the livelihoods of thousands of Virginia’s federal workers and hurt the state economy.
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Gwen Walz talks importance of education in Virginia in first presidential campaign event
The First Lady of Minnesota, Glen Walz, rallied a room full of educators and school personnel with Midwestern charm and chants of, “We’re not going back!”
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Clashing views of immigration in Virginia’s US Senate race
Republican challenger Hung Cao traffics in conspiracy theories, while Democratic incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine has been working to fix America’s broken immigration system.
