Democrats are in trouble, and a provocative analysis offers ideas to repair the party
A tough new assessment says the Democratic Party needs to reassess the loss of support among groups of voters it has long ...
Virginia’s aging population is growing. Advocates say the state needs to better prepare.
Virginia’s over-60 population is projected to grow by nearly 70% by 2050 — meaning many more young Virginians may become caregivers for aging relatives. Advocates are backing legislation in the ...
Democrats' gun agenda poised to make it to governor's desk again
Though Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed all of the gun bills passed by the Democratic-majority General Assembly in 2024, ...
Still reaping ‘Dirty Dancing’ windfall, Virginia mulls film incentives
Swooning Patrick Swayze fans still flock to the Virginia lodge where the movie was shot. Legislators are asked to take note ...
Fairfax Times3d
Virginia Senate rejects university and state board members
Virginia Senate Democrats rejected nine of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s board appointments, including Kenneth Marcus, a former assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education nominat ...
Oregon Capital Chronicle3d
Oregon Capitol honors late Senate President Peter Courtney, state’s longest-serving lawmaker
Oregon bid farewell to its longest-serving legislator in the Senate that the late Peter Michael Coleman Courtney presided ...
Bolts3d
Virginia Democrats Advance a Measure to End Lifetime Voting Ban. Now It Gets Complicated.
Alonzo Bland Jr., of Richmond, did everything the state asked of him following his felony conviction: He served time in state ...
Defense One3d
The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.
Three soldiers on a Black Hawk and all 64 people aboard an airliner are feared dead after the UH-60 and an American Airlines ...
Virginia Senate drama: Democrats force Sears into contraception bill vote
A vote in the Virginia State Senate on Tuesday, Jan. 28, created theatrics on the Senate floor. Senators voted on a bill that ...
Who else is going to retire from the Senate?
Michigan Democrat Gary Peters won’t be the only senator to retire this cycle, at least according to almost a century of ...
WVTF4d
Virginia Senate Republicans lament death of tax cut efforts
When we look at some of the bills coming down the pike is going to increase cost on Virginians, not put money back,” Senator ...
Virginia Mercury4d
Virginia car tax credit hits dead end before Senate panel
At the crack of dawn on Tuesday, a Democratic-led Senate subcommittee rejected or delayed several of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ...