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Tysons Casino Backer Donates $105K To Earle-Sears
The Republican candidate running to be Virginia's next governor received $105,000 from the company seeking to build a casino in Tysons, according to the latest state financial filings. Building a Remarkable Virginia, one of two political action committees funded by casino developer Comstock Holding Companies, made the donations to Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears' campaign in two installments — $55,000 on June 2 and $50,000 on June 3, according to state financial filings reported by the nonprofit Virginia Public Access Project. The company's other PAC is Comstock Hospitality Holdings.
Virginia’s GOP ticket to hold first united rally since controversy
Virginia’s statewide GOP ticket appears to be making amends and will appear together at a rally in Northern Virginia next week. The Republican nominees for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general are holding a joint rally July 1 – marking the first time the ticket will appear together since nominees were finalized in April and for the first time since Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked the party’s lieutenant governor nominee to drop out of the race.
Federal cuts hit coastal flooding, dam projects in Virginia
As Virginia’s various government agencies wait to hear how the federal budget will affect their funding, some departments have already seen significant cuts that are putting a hold on important hazard mitigation projects and emergency management support. In an effort to understand the full scope of federal cuts on the commonwealth, state House members have been hosting committee meetings in communities across Virginia. In a Friday meeting in Norfolk, which increasingly faces rising sea levels and coastal land loss, officials shared projects and goals that will not move forward.
Yancey: Why Google’s data center project in Botetourt gets applause while others don’t
When Prince William County approved three rezonings for the Prince William Digital Gateway complex of data centers, neighbors went to court. When a developer proposed a data center complex near Chatham, it sparked six months of controversy before the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted down the project. When Botetourt County announced Tuesday that Google — yes, that Google — has bought 312 acres in the county’s business park for what was described as the first hyperscale data center project in the western part of the state, a room full of people cheered.
The Republican statewide ticket announces plans to appear together for the first time
Republicans locked down their ticket back in April, although the three statewide candidates have yet to appear with each other on a stage. The GOP is planning to change that. Earlier this week, Republicans were grabbing headlines with news that their statewide candidates were actually talking to each other after a protracted silence. Late Tuesday night, they announced a rally for July 1st in Vienna.
Virginia Democrats ask judge to bar some Youngkin picks from college boards
A group of Virginia Senate Democrats sued the leaders of the governing boards at three public universities, an unusual step that escalated their effort to remove several of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointees amid a fight over how to govern the state’s colleges. The lawsuit alleges that the Youngkin administration — namely Youngkin, Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares and Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera — are trying to usurp legislators’ authority by ignoring a recent vote by a Senate committee to reject some appointees to the boards of the University of Virginia, George Mason University and Virginia Military Institute.
They Were Roommates in D.C. Now They’re Both Running for Governor.
Abigail Spanberger has a simple explanation for all this. She knows how she became a CIA case officer focused on counterterrorism, and how she succeeded as a three-term congresswoman—elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 when Democrats took back control of that chamber during Donald Trump’s first administration. She knows how she won her race to represent Virginia’s 7th district at the same time that a former naval helicopter pilot named Mikie Sherrill was elected to represent New Jersey’s 11th, and how the two became fast friends in Washington D.C. She knows how both are now running for governor in their respective home states—two of the most-watched races of the year. It’s just not that complicated: “Mikie and I are both the eldest of three sisters,” Spanberger explains. “So that’s the essential piece.”
State Senate Democrats sue Youngkin officials in latest institutional push
Nine Virginia Senate Democrats are suing three university rectors over the gubernatorial appointment of board members, they announced Tuesday, opening a new field of contention between Virginia’s Democrat-controlled Legislature and Republican executive. On June 5, the Senate Privileges & Elections Committee voted against confirming eight of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointees to the Board of Visitors at George Mason University, University of Virginia and Virginia Military Institute.
Virginia senators sue to oust Youngkin’s university board appointees
Democrats on the state Senate Privileges and Elections Committee filed suit Tuesday over what they say is constitutional overreach by Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration. It’s the latest escalation in an ongoing feud over the appointment of eight university board of visitors members. State Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, in her capacity as president pro tempore of the Senate, is asking a judge to remove the members in question.
Senate Democrats sue to keep refused Youngkin appointees from boards
State Senate Democrats are seeking a court order to keep former Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and seven other Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointees from participating on college and university boards. The senate’s Privileges and Elections Committee refused to confirm the appointees by a party-line 8-4 vote at a meeting earlier this month, but Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares have challenged the action, saying it is up to the full General Assembly to confirm or deny gubernatorial appointments to college boards.