Delegate Jay Jones (D-Norfolk) announced in a video on Monday that he is running for Virginia Attorney General in 2021 in a bid to become the first Black person in the Commonwealth to hold the position. Jones, a lawyer and alumnus of William & Mary and UVA, was first elected to the House of Delegates […]
The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority (NVTA) adopted on Thursday a new six year plan, which included $78 million for the Town of Dumfries to support the construction costs of the town’s project to widen Route 1. “This project has been a top priority of the town for over a decade, and has been a vision […]
Governor Ralph Northam celebrated passage of historic gun safety laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia on Thursday. The new legislation that was ceremonially signed includes sweeping new measures to require background checks on all gun sales, establish an Extreme Risk Protective Order, reinstate Virginia’s successful one-handgun-a-month policy, mandate reporting of lost and stolen firearms, and […]
Dominion Energy Inc. and Duke Energy Corp. announced Sunday they were abandoning the controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline project citing costs and new regulations. The long-delayed $8 billion project has been in the works for six years and aimed to transport natural gasses 600 miles through the Appalachian Trail and three different states. It faced opposition […]
As Dr. Angela Davis famously said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” The PW Perspective is the only anti-racist news publication in Northern Virginia. Out of dozens that publish online or in print, we are the only one that is willing to proudly proclaim that we […]
On July 1, 2020, the Stonewall Jackson statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital city of the Confederacy was removed. The removal of the statue of Jackson comes after years of the community demanding its removal and the recent protests against police violence and other racial injustices. This statue, like many other […]
Senate (Republicans): American University Professor Daniel Gade won the Republican nomination for Senate in the state of Virginia, beating two opponents, Thomas A. Speciale II and Alissa A. Baldwin. Gade will face incumbent Senator Mark Warner who had no Democratic challenger. House District 01 (Democrats): Human rights lawyer, Qasim Rashid won the Democratic nomination in […]
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Prince William County) announced on Tuesday that she is exploring a run to become the first woman and first Hispanic person to serve as Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Guzman was first elected to the House of Delegates in 2017 when she became the first Latina immigrant to serve in […]
Congressman Gerry Connolly has spent the past eleven years representing the people of Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, and now he’s running for reelection to serve his sixth term in the House of Representatives. The PW Perspective had the opportunity to speak with Congressman Connolly about his career in Congress and what he hopes to achieve […]
Helen Zurita, a Manassas City resident and advocate against homelessness, is most well known for her fight to save East End Mobile Home Park when the community was at risk a few years ago. Now, she’s facing new challenges as a candidate for Manassas City Council. “I’m not a politician; I’m a community builder,” Zurita […]
