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- Op-Ed: Budget amendment would triple General Assembly member salaries, cost taxpayers more in retirement and frills
  
  OINK, OINK — the hog is now the symbol...
  
  Youngkin Touts Virginia Progress in Final State of the Commonwealth Address
  
  On foster care and behavioral health, Youngkin pointed to...
  
  Virginia’s RGGI Withdrawal and Potential Reentry Spark Debate on Costs and Emissions
  
  Republican sources claim RGGI extracted $828 million from Virginians...
  
  Virginia Lawmakers Clash Over Redistricting Process as Kilgore Champions Status Quo
  
  The 2020 amendments created independent bipartisan commissions for legislative and congressional redistricting, passing with approximately 65% voter support.
  
  House committee advances bill to study VMI’s public funding status
  
  Virginia lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill creating a task force that would examine whether the Virginia Military Institute should remain a publicly funded, state-sponsored institution, marking the most consequential legislative step yet in a debate over the school’s governance and culture.
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Tom Dannan Controversy Brews in Fairfax’s Braddock School Board Race Amid ICE Ties and Democratic Endorsements

At the center of the storm is Democratic-endorsed candidate Tom Dannen, whose professional ties to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have raised eyebrows among voters

Virginia’s “Affordability” Lie: How Democrats Turned Campaign Promises into a Tax Tsunami

“Affordability” — Just a Campaign Slogan Virginia Democrats...

Trump Administration stops use of human fetal tissues in NIH funded research

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that...

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Va. considers nearly $700 million rail and trail plan in Shenandoah Valley

VN Staff - December 15, 2025 0

The Virginia Department of Transportation stunned Virginia’s transportation community by proposing a plan last Tuesday to potentially develop a multi-use trail and restore a deteriorated rail corridor in the Shenandoah Valley, with a possible price tag of nearly $700 million.

Civil War Legal battle erupts over Shenandoah rail restoration

VN Staff - January 22, 2025 0

The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, known for preserving the Civil War and historic sites, is facing legal action from one of its own members over plans to restore an inactive Manassas Gap rail line in the Shenandoah Valley.

Op-Ed: Budget amendment would triple General Assembly member salaries, cost taxpayers more in retirement and frills

Youngkin Touts Virginia Progress in Final State of the Commonwealth Address

Virginia’s RGGI Withdrawal and Potential Reentry Spark Debate on Costs and Emissions

Virginia Lawmakers Clash Over Redistricting Process as Kilgore Champions Status Quo

House committee advances bill to study VMI’s public funding status