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Amherst, Nelson County GOP committees sign on as co-plaintiffs in suit challenging primary law
Amherst County Republicans voted to join a lawsuit that Virginia’s 6th District Republican Committee is planning to file in federal court challenging the constitutionality of a state law that has been interpreted to require political parties to nominate candidates through primaries. The Amherst Republicans’ decision on Monday to join the lawsuit followed a vote by Nelson County Republicans on April 24 to sign on as co-plaintiffs to the lawsuit.
Amid Reid controversy, Moran steps away as head of Youngkin’s PAC
Matthew Moran, the political aide at the center of the controversy over John Reid, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor, has "stepped away" as head of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's Spirit of Virginia PAC, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation. The news, which Politico first reported Thursday evening, comes less than a week after Youngkin called Reid — the first openly gay candidate nominated to statewide office — and asked him to withdraw from the race.
Watchdog report finds Hampton VA staff overworked, stretched thin
It’s reasonable for anyone who relies on the Veterans Administration for health services to be concerned about the effects of slashing tens of thousands of jobs when facilities, including those in Hampton Roads, are already severely strained. The greater Hampton Roads region is home to more than 300,000 men and women who have served in our country’s military — men and women who rightly expect that the nation will make good on its promise to take care of them after they have fulfilled their obligations.
Patrick Co. Board of Supervisors votes to censure member
In a majority vote on Monday, the Patrick County Board of Supervisors voted to censure Steve Marshall, Blue Ridge District representative. . . . Overby read the resolution, which stated in part that the board “expresses their displeasure with the consistent display of unprofessional behavior of Board of Supervisors member Steve Marshall by his repeated attempts to silence, harass, intimidate, bully, threaten and defame other members of the Board of Supervisors as well as appointed members of the board’s committees, commissions, and authorities and citizens of Patrick County.
Audio recording sheds light on Va. GOP firestorm involving Youngkin’s top adviser and lieutenant governor candidate
A newly surfaced recording of an April 27 conversation between Matt Moran, the top political strategist for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and members of Republican John Reid’s campaign appears to contradict Moran’s sworn affidavit — directly challenging his claim that he never pressured Reid’s team to leave the lieutenant governor’s race. The audio, obtained and reviewed by The Mercury on Thursday, captures Moran and attorney Tim Anderson, a former state delegate, during the meeting at the Offices of LINK Public Affairs in Richmond, in a conversation with Reid’s campaign manager, Noah Jennings, and Reid’s longtime partner, Alonzo Mable.
Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the country have advocates worried
Inside a Virginia courthouse, three immigration agents in plainclothes — one masked — detained a man who had just had misdemeanor assault charges dismissed. They declined to show identification or a warrant to the man, and one threatened to prosecute horrified witnesses who tried to intervene, cellphone video shows. . . . The flurry of immigration enforcement at courthouses around the country in the past month — already heavily criticized by judicial officials and lawyers — has renewed a legal battle from President Donald Trump’s first term as advocates fear people might avoid coming to court.
Loudoun Community Effort Launches to Mitigate Dulles Noise Concerns
Efforts to mitigate the impact of airplane noise on homes near Dulles International Airport are making headway after years of work to get the project started. A community-led process is beginning to find ways to disperse some of the concentrated noise coming from planes departing from Runway 30, the airport’s western most runway. The initiative follows the 2023 adoption by the Board of Supervisors of an updated Airport Impact Overlay District, which lays out noise contours based on plane flight paths.
Youngkin adviser reportedly steps down over lieutenant governor race controversy
One of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s top advisers has stepped down amid a growing fissure in the state’s Republican Party over its presumptive nominee for lieutenant governor, according to the website Politico. Citing an anonymous source, Politico reported Thursday evening that Matt Moran, who oversees Youngkin’s PAC, was resigning after getting caught up in a controversy surrounding John Reid’s campaign for lieutenant governor.