STATE LEGISLATURE
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Virginia Democrats making major push on education priorities in new General Assembly
Democrats made it clear in the 2023 elections that public education would be a huge policy priority in the 2024 General Assembly. Barely more than a week into this year’s session, the Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate are making big moves. This week, the House Education Committee approved several Democratic proposals designed…
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Virginia Democrats defeat Republican attempts to restrict voting
After working hard to turn out their own voters to cast ballots during the early voting period in the 2023 elections, Virginia Republicans have returned to their perennial efforts to restrict early and other convenient voting methods. This week, a Democratic-led committee rejected the GOP’s latest attempts to roll back recent years’ voting improvements. Republican…
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Youngkin pushes for tax hikes on working Virginians
This week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivered the annual State of the Commonwealth address to the General Assembly, and he mostly used the opportunity to promote a regressive tax proposal that would reform the state’s tax structure to benefit the rich. In the budget he submitted in late December, Youngkin called for increasing the state’s sales…
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Virginia’s General Assembly kicks off with its youngest, most diverse class yet
On Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, Virginia’s General Assembly officially convened in Richmond, kicking off a 60-day legislative session that could have huge impacts on the lives of folks who live in the commonwealth. The most impactful event of the first day of session, though, was the election of the Speaker of the House of Delegates.…
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Virginia Democrats are rolling out their 2024 legislative agenda. Here’s how it could affect you
Virginia’s 2024 legislative session kicks off in just over a month, and the Democrats who will be in charge of both the House of Delegates and state Senate have made clear their priorities for the coming year. In addition to kicking off the multi-year process to establish a fundamental right to reproductive freedom in the…
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Democrats retake majority in the Virginia House of Delegates to win full control of the General Assembly
All 100 House of Delegates seats were on the ballot on Tuesday, and Democrats have emerged from the election with majority control of the chamber. Earlier in the night, Democrats secured the majority in the state Senate, giving the party full control of the legislature. Democrats lost majority control of the Virginia House two years…
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Democrats secure majority in the Virginia Senate
All 40 Virginia state Senate seats were on the ballot on Tuesday, and Democrats have emerged from the election with majority control of the chamber. After key Democratic retirements and primary election upsets earlier in the year, this majority will be younger and likely more progressive than it was previously. The incoming Senate Democratic caucus…
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Democratic Senate candidate Danica Roem talks wins and favorite campaign moments
In the northern Virginia sub/exurbs, state Senate District 30 sees Democrat and current Del. Danica Roem facing Republican political newcomer Bill Woolf. Roem has championed a number of bipartisan efforts as a lawmaker, including providing free school lunches for students in her district, as well as improvements to the region’s transportation infrastructure. If elected to…
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Virginia Senate candidate Russet Perry’s closing pitch
Former CIA officer and Democratic prosecutor Russet Perry faces Republican Juan Pablo Segura in Senate District 31, a seat in northern Virginia’s exurbs. Perry is running on a public safety platform that includes protecting vulnerable Virginians from domestic and gun violence. She’s also a vocal supporter of reproductive rights and improving the state’s public education…
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What drives Michael Feggans in his campaign for the Virginia House
In Hampton Roads-area House District 97, Democratic challenger Michael Feggans is taking on GOP incumbent Del. Karen Greenhalgh. Greenhalgh has spent her last couple of legislative sessions trying to undermine abortion access in the commonwealth, while Feggans is an Air Force veteran who says that his top issue in the legislature will be reproductive health,…
