Yesterday the Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee passed H.B. 2163, the DMV Data Privacy Protection bill to help safeguard the information of new immigrant drivers who obtained a driver privilege card. H.B. 2163 would add privacy protection measures for all driver’s information since state police and third-party data companies are able to access this […]
On Monday, Governor Ralph Northam, House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, and Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw jointly issued the following statement after both houses of the General Assembly passed legislation to ban capital punishment in the Commonwealth. House Bill 2263, sponsored by Delegate Mike Mullin, and Senate Bill 1165, sponsored by Senator Scott Surovell, which are identical bills, […]
Earlier today the Prince William County Emergency Housing Assistance Program released the following statement: The Emergency Housing Assistance Program will be provided to all eligible households who reside in Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, who have experienced financial hardship due to COVID-19, with a one-time or short-term (no more […]
Last week a Senate committee voted down legislation that was designed to increase diversity in Virginia’s 20 governor’s schools. These schools are publicly funded and are established for gifted high school students. The admissions process is through a test-based system. However, there has been a series of complaints about the lack of diversity at these […]
Last year as a response to the continuous racial strife that was occurring across the country, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors developed the Racial and Social Justice Commission. Its purpose was, according to the resolution passed in November, “to study and propose solutions for racial and social justice issues and experiences within the […]
On Saturday, the Virginia State Conference NAACP issued the following statement condemning the ‘racist dog-whistle remarks’ made by Virginia State Senators Chap Petersen and Dick Saslaw during last Thursday’s Senate Education Committee meeting: “HB2305, patroned by Del. Roslyn Tyler, would have required the Virginia Board of Education to issue guidance on the governance of academic […]
The 15th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station successfully launched today at 12:36 p.m. from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A located on Wallops Island. Northrop Grumman’s unmanned Cygnus spacecraft launched on the company’s Antares rocket, carrying approximately 8,200 pounds of cargo that included scientific investigations, crew supplies, and hardware. A secondary payload of […]
On Tuesday February 16th, Prince William County’s Board of Supervisors (BOCS) convened for their third and final meeting of the month. It was a double session with the first meeting at 2:00 pm and the second closed session at 7:30 pm. During the opening session the Board authorized the conveyance of various easements across Prince […]
This afternoon, the Virginia Senate passed Senator Jennifer McClellan’s (D-Richmond) Preserving the American Dream Act (SB 1327). The House version of the bill (HB2175), led by Del. Luke Torian (D-Prince William), passed on Wednesday. The bill will help protect Virginia homeowners from foreclosures as families continue to face increasing challenges during the COVID-19 crisis. The […]
Supervisor Margaret Angela Franklin (D-Woodbridge issued a directive to the county staff Equity Working Group to coordinate with the Health District to get better demographic data on the Covid-19 vaccination program that is responsive to earlier requests of members of the BOCS; and to develop a plan to ensure that the Covid-19 vaccinations are distributed equitably. The […]
