Browsing: Virginia

Students at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) walked out of their commencement ceremony to protest an address by Gov. Glenn Younkin (R-Va.). About 100 of the 1,200 graduates at the graduation ceremony Saturday quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves and signs reading “Teach Black history” and “Book bans…

Her piece was about religious trauma that LGBTQ+ people deal with, and it apparently struck a nerve.

Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) say they won’t agree to fast track a one-week extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act unless colleagues commit to holding a vote on their amendment to eliminate a provision to add five new round-trip flights to Reagan National Airport. The senators argue that…

Former President Trump on Tuesday said he supports keeping the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ headquarters in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing controversy over the bureau’s new headquarters location. “THE NEW FBI BUILDING SHOULD BE BUILT IN WASHINGTON, D.C., NOT MARYLAND, AND BE THE CENTERPIECE OF MY PLAN TO TOTALLY RENOVATE AND REBUILD OUR CAPITAL CITY INTO…

Virginia and Texas had the most white supremacist propaganda activity in 2023, reaching record levels nationwide, according to a Tuesday report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Other states with relatively high levels of white supremacist propaganda activity in the U.S. in 2023 included California, New York, Massachusetts, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan, Maryland and…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have established a legal market for the sale of recreational marijuana in the Old Dominion state. The proposed law, which would have created a state-regulated marketplace for recreational marijuana, “endangers Virginians’ health and safety,” Youngkin argued in his veto statement. “States following this…

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who is a member of the Republican party, rejected a ban on assault weapons that was approved by the state Legislature last month. He did this during a session where 30 bills were vetoed, including several other gun control bills, on Tuesday. He stated, "I promised to protect the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Virginia, and that definitely means safeguarding the…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed two bills aimed at stopping giving extra consideration to applicants with family ties to public colleges in Virginia on Friday. “No public institution of higher education should give any special treatment in the admissions process based on a student’s legacy status or their family's connection to…