Politics
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Senator Mark Warner says Hegseth should resign over group chat leak
The service members stationed in Virginia and deployed overseas and their families deserve better than what is playing out in Washington after high-level members of the Trump administration discussed war plans and potentially classified information in a group message, US Sen. Mark Warner said on a call with reporters Wednesday.
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Virginia is not for workers: Youngkin vetoes minimum wage increase, paid leave
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Monday released his vetoes on a number of bills that would have improved the lives of working-class people in Virginia.
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Virginia educators, Democrats raise alarm over Trump’s effort to abolish Education Department
Last week’s double-barrelled attack on the US Department of Education has raised fears about the future of an agency that sends out millions of dollars to school districts across the country and oversees civil rights violations.
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Trump’s effort to abolish the Education Department would hurt students with disabilities, families
The Trump administration’s questionably legal attempt to fulfill the long-time conservative goal of eliminating the US Department of Education puts more than a billion dollars of federal funding for Virginia schools in the crosshairs.
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Masked officials detain Rosslyn man for deportation despite no charges
The Trump administration detained a man without charges outside his home in Rosslyn, Va. in what appears to be a chilling continuation of the president’s right-wing assault on free speech.
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George Mason caught up in Trump assault on diversity efforts
In its bid to scare universities into compliance with its right-wing policies, the Trump administration is putting pressure on a Northern Virginia university over the school’s efforts to be more welcoming to historically oppressed minorities.
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‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
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Spanberger calls for ‘strongest public schools’ in country as she files for governor
Candidates across Virginia today filed the necessary paperwork to get on the ballots for statewide and local elections on March 17, 2025.
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Virginia leaders brace for impact of federal cuts
The stress of hundreds of thousands of federal workers who live in Virginia is also being felt by local leaders as they put together their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.
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Possible closure of US Department of Education ‘devastating’ for VA
Grants and other disbursements from the US Department of Education fund about 40% of the annual budget for students with disabilities in Virginia Public Schools.
