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Virginia’s budget surplus grows as revenues beat expectations due to Republican management

Virginia’s general fund revenues rose sharply in April, bucking signs of a national economic cooldown as the state continues to post steady long-time job growth and rake in more tax dollars than projected.

Response to “Trump’s Attack on Offshore Wind is Hurting Virginia. Why Aren’t Republican Leaders Fighting for Us?”

The Virginia Mercury article (May 19, 2025) argues that President Donald Trump’s executive order halting offshore wind project approvals, permits, and funding is detrimental to Virginia’s economy, particularly the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, and criticizes Republican leaders like Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares for not opposing it.

Arlington leader opposes a region-wide tax on sales to support Metro

Arlington's representative in a panel that is studying D.C. Metro financing opposes a regional sales tax for the transit system.

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Youngkin defends federal job cuts, says Virginia’s economy is strong

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday doubled down on the necessity of sweeping federal layoffs while attempting to reassure Virginians that the state’s economy is resilient.

‘Trump Pledge’ may be more critical than ‘Republican Pledge’ as Sears faces two ‘pledge...

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Lt. Gov Winsome Sears, who is running for the Republican nomination to succeed term-limited  Gov. Glenn Youngkin, may have a primary fight June 17, now...

United behind Spanberger, Va.’s Democratic Party reminds voters of Republicans’ three-way primary

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Monday marked the first day that Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates could deliver their collection of petition signatures to the state’s Board of Elections, which officially...

Democrats seize on enthusiasm gap in 2025 Virginia House races

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Stephen Miller-Pitts is making his second bid to unseat Republican Del. Carrie Coyner in the 75th House District, which includes parts of Chesterfield and...

Democrat Senate panel kills “right-to-work” law in state constitution

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A push to enshrine Virginia’s “right-to-work” laws in the state constitution was blocked Tuesday by the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, which voted 8-7...

Youngkin, GOP lawmakers push for transgender sports ban

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Republican lawmakers, joined by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, Attorney General Jason Miyares and student athletes, gathered on Wednesday to support legislation that would bar transgender students from participating in school sport teams inconsistent with their biological sex.

Another poll confirms tight Virginia Governor’s race between Spanberger and Winsome Earle-Sears

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epublican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears remains locked in a close race against both potential Democratic challengers, according to a new Mason-Dixon Poll released Friday.

Spanberger, Earle-Sears deadlocked in tight Virginia Governor’s race, new poll finds

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Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears are in a neck-and-neck race for Virginia governor, according to the first Emerson College Polling/The Hill poll of the 2025 election.
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Winsome Earle-Sears to speak at Virginia Chamber forum

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The presumptive Republican nominee and Democratic candidate for Virginia's governorship in 2025 are scheduled to speak today at the 2024 Virginia Economic Summit &...

For Trump, winning back the White House was ‘all about that base.’

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There was an interesting revelation in a recent panel discussion at the University of Richmond about the 2024 election where all of us outsiders learned – to varying levels of astonishment – that Donald Trump’s campaign had no interest in persuading undecideds.

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