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Va. agencies’ financial reporting increasingly inaccurate
Over the past several years, state agencies have increasingly been filing inaccurate and late financial reports, the office of Virginia’s Auditor of Public Accounts says. Now that the office has completed the latest round of its annual reviews, it has found state agencies needed to make $4.1 billion of adjustments to financial reports from last year, up from $2.4 billion the year before, said Zach Borgerding, the office’s deputy auditor for human capital and operations.
VPAP Visual Paid Conferences: 2016-2024
After nearly disappearing in 2020, the number of paid conferences attended by Virginia General Assembly members and statewide officeholders has returned to pre-pandemic levels. This includes trips within Virginia, to other states, and outside the United States.
VPAP Visual Mapping Paid Conferences in 2024
In 2024, Virginia legislators and statewide office holders reported nearly 80 domestic conferences outside of Virginia, paid for by various organizations, often the host of the events. Under Virginia law, these paid conferences must be reported on annual disclosure forms.
From VPAP New Episode: The Virginia Press Room Podcast
In the latest episode of the podcast from VaNews and VPM, Michael Pope is joined by Sabrina Moreno of Axios Richmond, Michael O’Connor of the Virginia Dogwood, and Michael Martz of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. They discuss the week's top headlines: Virginia as a hot spot for immigration enforcement, consumers' tariff uncertainty, and proposed cuts to Medicaid. Tune in for insights and analysis on Virginia politics. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
A Virginia Democrat hunts for votes in rural pockets where MAGA has strengthened its grip
Democratic politics in rural Virginia are not of a bygone era, according to Abigail Spanberger. The former congressional representative, now the Democratic nominee in the race to be Virginia’s next governor, posts videos online of herself sitting in a car on an interstate highway that goes up and down the Appalachian Mountains. She has toured a small, family-owned oyster shucking and packaging operation along a quiet boat haven on the northern neck of Virginia. And last month, the nominee held a news conference at a small pharmacy in an agrarian hamlet outside of Richmond.
Henrico educators union frustrated in push for collective bargaining
The Henrico educators union has been pushing for collective bargaining since shortly after the practice was legalized for public employees in 2021. ... The union said in early 2024 that it was confident the school board would vote in favor of collective bargaining by the end of the year. Nearly a year and a half later, no agreement has been signed between the school division and its workers.
Adams, Brownlee and others: Under President James Ryan, UVA is flourishing
The Jefferson Council, a group that purports to be “protecting” the University of Virginia’s legacy and upholding its core principles, has decided instead to attack President James Ryan’s leadership in a newspaper ad. To be clear, The Jefferson Council has no official university association, and was, in fact, co-founded by Bert Ellis, who was recently removed from the university’s board of visitors by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The council is tragically out of touch and an embarrassment to today’s university, which continues to flourish, and remains a robust, forward-thinking institution ...
Yancey: 81 years ago, Allied forces landed in Normandy. Many units from Virginia were in the first waves of D-Day.
Bob Sales lied about his age. He wanted to join the National Guard but was just 15. His father didn’t seem too worried. “Don’t worry, because he won’t last a week,” his father told his mother. This was 1941, and the United States was still at peace. The Amherst County teen who fibbed about his age lasted a lot more than a week, and, come one December morning that year, the United States was no longer at peace. Eighty-one years ago today, Sales was on a boat bobbing in the waters off the coast of France. It was June 6, 1944, and an operation we remember today as D-Day, the largest successful amphibious assault in history. It may not have seemed that way to Sales at the time.
State cuts off money to agency supporting halfway homes for recovering addicts
For several years, Virginia’s halfway homes for recovering addicts have been managed by an independent, non-governmental group. That will soon change to the dismay of some local recovery home operators. Language in this year’s budget takes nearly $2 million away from the Virginia Association of Recovery Residences, or VARR. The organization certifies group homes, of which there are more than 100 in Richmond and Henrico. It also monitors those homes, investigates complaints and sets standards of care.
Former Virginia congressman reports back from Ukraine
Former Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman has been busy since he left office, including doing humanitarian work in war-torn Ukraine. He returned from his most recent trip early Thursday morning after spending recent days dodging drone strikes. In a video shot on one night of his trip, the former Fifth District Congressman turned humanitarian, writer and podcaster can be seen running from Russian drones as they strike the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.