POLITICS
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Woman Says Del. Matt Fariss Targeted Her in Alleged Hit-and-Run
Republican Del. Matt Fariss is facing two felony charges and one misdemeanor charge following a hit-and-run on March 2 that left a woman injured.
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Biden’s Budget Would Tax Billionaires, Corporations to Strengthen Medicare, Expand Child Care, and Help Families
Republicans immediately rejected Biden’s plan, but have yet to release their own budget. They have made it clear, however, that they want to apply deep spending cuts to everything from health insurance to food assistance benefits.
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Biden Proposes Taxes on the Rich to Strengthen Medicare Funding
Biden’s plan would increase the Medicare tax rate on Americans earning above $400,000 from 3.8% to 5% to help keep Medicare solvent into the 2050s. No one earning under $400,000 a year would pay a dime more in taxes, under Biden’s plan.
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GOP Plans Could Include Deep Cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act
House Republicans want to apply deep cuts to everything from health insurance to food assistance benefits, an effort that would plunge millions more Americans into extreme poverty.
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From Abortion To Education, Key Wins And Losses From Virginia’s Legislative Session
The Virginia General Assembly has adjourned for the year, which means it’s time to recap: from abortion to climate to education and LGBTQ issues, nearly 3,000 bills were introduced this year. But what does that mean for you?
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The Supreme Court Is Hearing Arguments About Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan on Tuesday. Here’s What You Need to Know
About 90% of the benefits from Biden’s plan will go to families earning less than $75,000 according to the White House, but a group of Republican-led states have sued to block it.
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This Virginia Woman Had an Abortion After Discovering Her Fetus Had a Rare Chromosomal Disorder—Here’s Her Story
Erin Dinan, her husband Mike, and her son Petrus were at an appointment to find out the sex of their second child when her doctor told her the fetus had a very small chance of surviving post-birth. Dinan decided to have an abortion.
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How a Virginia Physician’s Abortion Nearly 50 Years Ago Helped Her Have the Family and Medical Career She Dreamed Of
In 1974, Lisa Kaplowitz was 23 years old and in her final year of medical school at the University of Chicago. She was looking forward to graduation. She had been married for a few years and was enrolled in a study of a new copper IUD. Kaplowitz and her husband were “compulsive about contraception,” so…
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UPDATE: Here’s Where Gun Safety Legislation in Virginia Stands
Democrats in the Virginia Senate passed several gun safety bills, while Republicans in the House of Delegates passed their own set of bills aimed at making it easier to obtain and carry firearms.
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Here’s Where Abortion Legislation in Virginia Stands Following ‘Crossover Day’
Many anti-abortion bills were defeated, as Republican lawmakers focused on passing a handful of “less ambitious” abortion bills. Democrats scored a win for reproductive freedom with the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 255, which would protect the fundamental right to reproductive freedom in the state constitution.
