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Hundreds Protest At ‘No Kings’ Rallies Across Fairfax
Large crowds of protesters gathered at street corners and along roads across Fairfax County on Saturday to exercise their First Amendment right to peacefully demonstrate against the policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were part of the “No Kings” rallies nationwide organized by volunteer networks affiliated with Indivisible, WoFA and Third Act. The demonstrations were timed to coincide with a military parade commemorating the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary that falls on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. It was also Flag Day.
One year later: A look at the Mountain Valley Pipeline
One year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline was completed, scars on the landscape along parts of its route through Southwest Virginia remain fresh. From the top of Poor Mountain in Roanoke County, a strip of bare earth can be seen cutting a swath up and down a wooded slope — marking the path of a buried pipeline that began transporting natural gas to East Coast markets on June 14, 2024. ... In its most recent construction status report, filed May 13 with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mountain Valley said final restoration has been completed on the approximately 100 miles of pipeline that run through the New River and Roanoke valleys. But as the view from Poor Mountain attests, the restoration is far from final.
A tax break for cigarettes sparks a flood of imports
A loophole in U.S. trade law is turning into what could be a multibillion-dollar windfall for international cigarette firms with Mexican-made packs of longtime U.S. brands already flooding into the United States. An obscure 2015 tweak to an old law allows international tobacco firms to get a refund, called a drawback, of the $1.01 a pack federal excise tax, when they import cigarettes into the U.S. ... It's a big issue for Henrico County-based Altria, because the tobacco giant does not import cigarettes and does not sell cigarettes outside the United States.
Public media groups in central Virginia voice concern over potential funding cuts
Public media groups in central Virginia are facing new uncertainty as a bill that would significantly cut their federal funding in various fields moves through Congress. That includes WTJU 91.1 FM, the University of Virginia’s community radio station, which does a lot more than play songs from its Ivy Road space. General Manager Nathan Moore says the people who work for WTJU are dedicated to connecting the community; whether through music, art, festivals, summer camps, or even teaching high schoolers here how to DJ. “It’s a service that really matters to people,” Moore said, “it resonates, and we really do try to connect folks in our community to not just music but also resources that matter.”
Democrats squaring off in Virginia AG primary say one name a lot: Trump
Two Virginia Democrats are battling Tuesday to be their party’s nominee for attorney general. Yet, the name mentioned most in their campaigns is not that of their opponent, but rather a man who lives just over the Arlington Memorial Bridge: President Donald Trump. The barrage of changes Trump has wrought to American culture in the first few months of his second White House residency has ignited the campaigns of Virginia Democrats Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor as they appeal unrelentingly to the most devout swaths of their base ahead of down-ballot primary elections. The primary will also determine the party’s nominations this year for lieutenant governor and some contested seats in the House of Delegates.
AG primary goes electric in battle over energy, experience
The Democratic primary for attorney general has become a heavyweight fight, but not necessarily between the two candidates. Dominion Energy and Clean Virginia have emerged as the principal combatants in a high-dollar race between former Del. Jay Jones, D-Norfolk, and Henrico County Commonwealth's Attorney Shannon Taylor for the party's nomination to face Attorney General Jason Miyares in the general election in November.
Judge: Virginia registrar charged in failed elections case cannot sue Miyares
A former Northern Virginia elections registrar cannot sue state Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and a top deputy over what she says were bogus charges related to her handling of 2020 presidential election results, according to a federal judge who found the prosecutors have legal immunity from such claims. The judge’s order allows former Prince William County registrar Michele White to continue suing two other defendants — a pair of investigators from Miyares’s office who White says fabricated evidence against her to build a felony case that cost the registrar her career but ultimately crumbled before it could go to trial.
Democrats running for lieutenant governor make final arguments before primary
With few major policy differences separating them — save for a sharp split over a proposed casino in Tysons Corner — the leading Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor are emphasizing their life stories and political résumés, hoping personal experience will help them earn votes in what is expected to be a low-turnout primary on Tuesday. Democratic contests to pick nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general are the only two statewide races on the ballot Tuesday.
Tuesday primary features five House contests in Richmond area
Richmond-area voters will pick Democratic nominees in five contests for the House of Delegates on Tuesday, in addition to Democratic nominees for lieutenant governor and attorney general. Democrats now hold a 51-49 edge in the House. All 100 House seats are up for election in November. Three of the five Richmond-area contests will pick Democratic nominees in districts where the party is targeting Republican incumbents in November — Dels. David Owen, R-Goochland, Mark Earley, R-Chesterfield, and Carrie Coyner, R-Chesterfield.
Suing Trump is key issue in Va.’s Democratic AG primary
President Donald Trump’s massive cuts to the federal workforce have become the backdrop to the Democratic primary for attorney general in Virginia, with both candidates in the race criticizing Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) for not challenging the administration’s moves in a state that hosts much of the federal government’s infrastructure and nearly 200,000 of its employees. The two Democrats competing in Tuesday’s primary — Jerrauld C. “Jay” Jones, a former state lawmaker from Norfolk who unsuccessfully sought the party’s nomination four years ago, and Shannon Taylor, the longtime elected prosecutor in the Richmond suburb of Henrico County — both say they would immediately shift course and join several ongoing lawsuits filed by a coalition of Democratic attorneys general across the country.