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School Boards Are Failing Our Students, and Absenteeism Is Just the Symptom

In Loudoun County and across Virginia, public...

Fairfax Supervisors continue to lobby for FBI Springfield location

Fairfax County Supervisors continue lobbying for FBI headquarters in D.C. to move to Springfield.

Games, Weed, Billion Dollars, and Abortion are things to watch for at the General Assembly for 2025

The General Assembly opened its doors for business on Monday with three new members, but with the same political dynamics, perhaps even more so, with a Republican Governor and a narrowly controlled legislature by Democrats.

Senate Republicans intend to introduce a law to enshrine the ‘right to work’ in Virginia constitution

Senate intend to introduce a law to enshrine the ‘‘ in constitution

Senate Republicans announced Tuesday that they are attempting to amend the Virginia constitution in order to codify Virginia’s “right-towork” law.

Virginia passed the law in 1947, which says that workers ‘t have to pay dues for simply because they work in a unionized workplace.

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle Sears, who was present at the press conference with Republicans, argued against the characterization that the law is anti-union, but instead said it is against “forced unionization”. Earle Sears is currently running for against former U.S. Rep. . Spanberger decided not to run for re-election in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District 2024, instead running for the governorship.

of Rockingham County said that there have been many attempts to repeal this law over the last 78 years. In 2016, voters rejected a -sponsored amendment to the state constitution that would have enshrined the law.

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