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Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session!

By: Cindy Cunningham

Welcome to the 2024 General Assembly session! With Democrats controlling both the House and the Senate by narrow margins, and a GOP Governor, it’ll be ….

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License plate reader case update (just mentioned in today's FOIA Council meeting): judge ruled just this week that law enforcement ARE required to release the collected ALPR data when requested. cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i...

I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here's what I learned.

Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.

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"...expected impacts of tariffs on imported goods played a role in the decision to lay off {250 workers}."

But hey, according to GOP governor candidate Winsome Sears, losing your job isn't a huge thing, it "happens to everybody all the time!" www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-n...

Volvo confirms 250+ layoffs coming to New River Valley truck assembly plant

DUBLIN, Va. (WFXR) – Volvo plans to lay off at least 250 employees at its semi-truck plant in Dublin by the end of March, the company confirms to WFXR News. The automaker previously said it w…

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Anyone old enough to remember when the GOP pretended to care about the Constitution, due process, all that? Or was that only when it came to white men and their guns?

Scott MacFarlane

ALERT: Weeks after nationally-televised press conference .. in which Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro-Santos as "east coast leader" of MS 13 .. Justice Dept seeks to *drop* the case

Raising questions from former prosecutors...

www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...
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"When the Trump administration fired thousands of them overnight, throwing their lives into chaos, Miyares had every opportunity to join the fight to protect them. Instead, he stood by while Virginians lost their jobs, their paychecks and their ability to provide for their families"

Jay Jones

Jason Miyares has had every chance to stand up for Virginia families—but time and again, he has chosen not to. I wrote about why that matters, and what I’d do differently as Attorney General.

Read more in @pilotonline.com: www.pilotonline.com/2025/04/08/c...
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Delegate Watts in House Emergency Committee meeting explains why mental health care costs will rise, and hit NoVA localities especially hard as federal workers ask themselves: "How do I handle the mental trauma of dedicating my life to work and now being told that I'm worthless?"