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George Mason’s president appears to be the Trump administration’s next target
Another Virginia university president appears to be in the crosshairs of Donald Trump’s administration — just weeks after pressure from Trump’s Department of Justice pressured University of Virginia President Jim Ryan until he resigned. The federal Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified George Mason on July 1 that they are opening an investigation into the university after receiving a complaint about antisemitism on campus.
Certain Aetna health insurance plans leaving the Affordable Care Act marketplace next year
Starting next year, Aetna clients in Virginia and other states will no longer be able to purchase individual or family health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace. The ACA is a 15-year-old federal law that allows people who don’t have employer-provided insurance to purchase their own through the ACA marketplace. Congress also created associated tax credits that have helped some offset those costs even further. Over 261,000 people in Virginia have Aetna healthcare, according to the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services.
Faculty Senate Executives hear from Rector Sheridan and Vice Rector Wilkinson
The Faculty Senate Executive Council held an emergency meeting with members of the Board of Visitors Wednesday to continue discussions of the tumultuous fallout of President Jim Ryan’s resignation. A majority of the two-hour meeting was spent engaging in conversation with Rector Rachel Sheridan and Vice Rector Porter Wilkinson both of whom began their terms July 1. The meeting was the first time that representatives of the Board openly engaged with faculty members in a formal setting following Ryan’s resignation. Many of the questions posed by faculty were met with no comment.
U.Va. Faculty Senate overwhelmingly adopts a no confidence vote in Board of Visitors
The Faculty Senate held an emergency meeting Friday as part of ongoing discussions surrounding the University’s next steps towards choosing a new president. In the meeting, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution for a vote of no-confidence in the Board. The resolution passed 46 to 6, with eight senators abstaining.
University Of Virginia Faculty Vote No Confidence In Governing Board
The University of Virginia Faculty Senate has voted that it has no confidence in the school’s Board of Visitors. The resolution of no-confidence in the Board passed 46 to 6, with eight senators abstaining. The vote occurred on Friday, July 11, the same day that UVA President Jim Ryan officially stepped down from his post and released a video of farewell and gratitude to the campus community.
UVa faculty deliver overwhelming vote of no confidence in board
After more than an hour of debate at an emergency meeting Friday, the University of Virginia Faculty Senate held a vote of no confidence in the school's governing Board of Visitors for “not protecting the University and its president from outside interference, and for not consulting with the Faculty Senate in a time of crisis." That crisis, referred to in the resolution the vote approved, refers to President Jim Ryan's resignation under pressure from the Trump administration Department of Justice.
Virginia Democrat on possible shutdown: ‘It’s time to stand up for the American people’
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said he supports Democrats’ threats to shut down the government if Republicans proceed with a planned rescissions package, saying his party should use all the leverage they can to prevent cuts to previously approved funding. “I say it’s time to stand up for the American people,” Subramanyam said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” when asked what he thinks about a potential shutdown. . . . Republicans are ramping up efforts to pass a rescissions package that President Trump requested last month, which includes more than $9 billion in funding cuts for foreign aid and public broadcasting programs.
General Assembly prepares for potential September special session
General Assembly leadership has advised legislators that they could be called back to a special session the second week of September, lobbyists, delegates and state senators told VPM News. At the end of the 2025 session, legislators amended the rules for a still-active special session from 2024 to “address the impacts” of actions taken by the federal government. The special session would come after trillions of dollars in changes to the federal tax structure . . .
Mother of teen killed in York County crash has spearheaded new state safety laws — and she’s not done
If you let someone drive your car without a license — and they cause an accident that injures or kills someone — you could now face up to a year behind bars. A new state law says if you knowingly authorize someone to drive a car when they have no legal right to do so, you’re guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor “if the offense results in a motor vehicle accident that causes injury or death.” That includes parents who let minors drive without a license or while breaking the state’s rules on learner’s permits. It’s the fourth state law that Tammy McGee has spearheaded to passage since her son, Conner, was killed in a York County car crash nearly six years ago.
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears visits Newport News
For the first time since Virginia's June primaries, Republican gubernatorial candidate and current lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears answered questions from local media in Hampton Roads following a campaign stop at Newport News Shipbuilding. The visit comes weeks after the first appearance of the entire GOP statewide ticket, in which Sears, lieutenant governor candidate John Reid and Attorney General Jason Miyares appeared together for the first time.