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New Virginia law will guarantee restroom access for some
Virginia will join more than 20 other states and Washington, D.C. on July 1 when a law goes into effect that will give some people legal access to restrooms in cases of emergency. When many people leave the house, all they have to consider is if they have their wallet, keys and cellphone. But when Carol Driskill heads out, something else is top of mind. “I have to know that there’s a bathroom close by,” Driskill explained.
Trump and Youngkin meet in Virginia with eye on flipping state red in November
Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) met in the Old Dominion on Wednesday as the former president contends he can compete for Virginia‘s 13 electoral votes in November. The meeting reportedly occurred at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., located in northern Virginia, ahead of Trump’s high-stakes visit with congressional Republicans in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the first time he returned to Capitol Hill since his presidency.
Loudoun superintendent not backing elementary school resource officers
The Loudoun County schools superintendent says the district isn’t recommending placing school resource officers in its 62 elementary campuses but may consider other security measures. Superintendent Aaron Spence said that while he is highly supportive of the existing SRO program, he does not think adding officers to elementary schools is beneficial.
VPAP Visual Early Voting by Congressional District: June Primaries
Early voting continues for the June 18 primary elections, and tomorrow is the last day to vote early in person. See how many have already cast votes in each congressional district.
Virginia Senate pitches fix to military education program, will reconvene ahead of House
The Virginia Senate will return to Richmond next Tuesday to address restrictions added to state military education benefits. The proposed fix comes after veterans and families demanded changes, arguing new rules in the budget had ruined college plans for their children. The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program, or VMSDEP, was started in 1930 to make education affordable for the families of injured vets. But changes made to the program in 2019 led to an explosion in its cost.
Youngkin makes stop in Suffolk in support of Right Help, Right Now
Gov. Glenn Youngkin made a stop at the Western Tidewater Community Services Board Harbour View Mental Health Center Thursday, signing 31 bipartisan bills supporting his Right Help, Right Now behavioral health transformation initiative. Created to help reform the state’s current behavioral health system, the initiative’s goal is to provide support before, during and after a mental health crisis while also reducing the criminalization of mental health ...
Virginia Senate to meet before House on soaring military tuition costs
The Virginia Senate will return to Richmond next week — 10 days ahead of the House — to consider easing new restrictions on a skyrocketing college tuition program that have military families in an uproar. The Senate will reconvene Tuesday, when Democrats who lead the chamber aim to tweak some of the restrictions — approved in a bipartisan budget vote and signed into law by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) — as a temporary fix until the General Assembly can fully study and consider the matter early next year.
Douglas: Sadly, Youngkin chose Big Pharma over Virginians in need
As CEO of the Virginia Community Healthcare Association, the primary care association representing Virginia’s 30 federally qualified health centers serving nearly 400,000 individuals at over 200 locations across the commonwealth, I write today with deep disappointment regarding Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s veto of Senate Bill 119. This critical piece of legislation held immense promise for countless Virginians struggling to afford the medications they need to stay healthy.
Virginia ABC lays off 25 as it prepares for independent future
The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority laid off 25 employees at its headquarters in Hanover County on Tuesday in a reorganization aimed at changing how the state-owned liquor monopoly supplies its retail stores and serves its customers across the state. The layoffs come three weeks before the authority becomes independent of direct control by the governor and General Assembly, while remaining a significant source of revenue for the state budget to pay for core services provided by state government.
Republican Party rifts on display in Virginia congressional primary pitting Good and McGuire
Bob Good is fighting a two-front battle to hold his seat in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District and with it his role as leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. And that doesn’t even count his opponent in the June 18 GOP primary, state Sen. John McGuire. Good, who played a key role in the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has drawn the ire of establishment Republicans, who are bankrolling a campaign to oust him. More significantly, he’s also lost the support of former President Donald Trump, who is endorsing McGuire. Good fell out of favor with Trump when he endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential nomination.