Several police officers arrested for participating in the Capitol riots
Multiple other law enforcement officers are under active investigation.
By Amy Lieu - January 14, 2021Multiple other law enforcement officers are under active investigation.
By Amy Lieu - January 14, 2021Editorial boards around the country are responding to last week’s deadly coup attempt.
By Josh Israel - January 11, 2021The South Carolina senator is in favor of local control of education — except when he’s not.
By Josh Israel - December 14, 2020Mark Herring said he will ‘do everything in my power’ to defend the state’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination law.
By Casey Quinlan - November 18, 2020More than 21 million votes have already been cast in the 2020 election — with Democrats far outpacing Republicans.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2020He has ‘stopped’ nothing.
By Josh Israel - October 05, 2020Some schools in Indiana had to shut down just days after classes started.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 03, 2020‘Virginia has a story to tell that extends far beyond glorifying the Confederacy and its participants.’
By Associated Press - July 25, 2020Also: The House of Representatives votes to end Trump’s Muslim ban, and New York expands voter registration.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 24, 2020Also: States move to make Juneteenth a paid holiday, and scientists find an inexpensive and widely available drug may help treat COVID-19.
By Emily Singer - June 19, 2020Also: A symbol of racism will come down in Virginia, and public schools in Portland, Oregon, are ‘discontinuing’ the presence of police officers.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020‘Richmond is no longer the capital of the Confederacy,’ said the city’s mayor.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 05, 2020Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase tells gun owners to be ‘on alert.’
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2020Also: Virginia decriminalizes marijuana and voter safety wins the day in a couple of key states.
By Dan Desai Martin - May 22, 2020Virginia state Sen. Amanda Chase is running for governor in 2021.
By Josh Israel - April 28, 2020State legislators in Virginia and Wisconsin are suing to overturn orders designed to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Josh Israel - April 22, 2020The Republican Party of Virginia accused Gov. Ralph Northam of ‘tyrannical rule’ for requiring social distancing.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2020Also: Virginia has a new law defending reproductive health, and former President Barack Obama endorses a friend.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 17, 2020The incendiary tweets come one day after Trump assured governors from across the country that the decision to reopen their states amid the pandemic was up to them.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 17, 2020Republicans in multiple states across the country are trying to override their governors’ social distancing orders — ignoring expert advice on how to stop the novel coronavirus.
By Emily Singer - April 16, 2020State Sen. Amanda Chase thinks Gov. Ralph Northam will keep the state closed so protesters don’t storm the Capitol.
By Josh Israel - April 15, 2020Liberty University’s president has claimed concerns about the spread of coronavirus are overblown.
By Associated Press - March 30, 2020Also, voting rights were expanded Georgia, and the Confederacy suffered a blow in Virginia.
By Josh Israel - March 13, 2020Also this week, Tennessee deported a Nazi, and gun safety advocates won a victory at the Supreme Court.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2020More than 1.3 million Virginia Democrats showed up to cast ballots on Super Tuesday, making it the largest ever presidential primary for either party.
By Josh Israel - March 04, 2020Elsewhere this week, Virginia rolled back abortion restrictions and Colorado banned the death penalty.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 28, 2020Progressives notched victories on voting rights in both Virginia and North Dakota, and the House of Representatives took steps forward on the Equal Rights Amendment.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 14, 2020States addressed anti-LGBT discrimination, human trafficking, and youth suicide, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to strengthen unions.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 07, 2020A federal court stopped voter suppression efforts in Arizona, Illinois is making insulin cheaper, and Michelle Obama won a Grammy.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 31, 2020Gov. Jim Justice invited any Virginia county upset about their state’s new Democratic majority to join up with its conservative neighbor.
By Oliver Willis - January 28, 2020