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Virginia joins states challenging Trump admin regulations that limit free birth control access
Virginia lawmakers are also pursuing a state-level right to contraception proposal that Gov. Spanberger could sign into law this year....
Read moreDetailsVa. Senate shoots down bill to add terrapin protections to recreational crab pots
By: Shannon Heckt - Virginia Mercury A bill that would have required recreational crabbers to add terrapin by-catch devices onto...
Read moreDetailsDems demand swift Pentagon investigation into deadly air strike on girls’ school in Iran
Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner signed the letter sent to the Department of Defense Wednesday. By: Jennifer Shutt...
Read moreDetailsLong security lines start popping up at airports as TSA officers go without pay
By: Jacob Fischler - Virginia Mercury Passengers at a handful of airports this week waited in hours-long security lines as...
Read moreDetails‘This is about equity’: In Richmond, Va. workers, lawmakers push for inclusive labor rights for all
Lawmakers still debating proposal to repeal law banning collective bargaining for most public employees. By: Nathaniel Cline - Virginia Mercury...
Read moreDetailsAfter five years of attempts, Virginia on track to set up a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
State legislature approved the revamped measure to establish an advisory board that will oversee federally-negotiated drug price reductions in Virginia...
Read moreDetailsDorothy McAuliffe launches bid for Congress in anticipated 7th District
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Dorothy McAuliffe, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Department of State speaks on stage...
Read moreDetailsClock ticking on Virginia budget as Democrats clash over data center tax break
With adjournment days away, lawmakers have yet to meet on a compromise spending plan amid a dispute over a costly...
Read moreDetailsPeople behind cynical referendum mailer deserve ongoing harsh blowback
“Do the folks behind the redistricting mailers understand America’s fraught civil rights history? How can they be so ignorant about...
Read moreDetails‘Grow up’: Former Republican delegate defends civil-rights-themed mailers in redistricting fight
PAC chairman A.C. Cordoza says campaign warns minority voters about redistricting changes; Sen. Mamie Locke blasts the tactic as ‘stupid.’...
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