Lorton, VA – Makya Little, a former FBI employee and CIA Officer who announced her candidacy for Virginia’s House of Delegates last month to represent a newly drawn district, won the Mount Vernon District Democratic Committee’s annual straw poll for HD-19. This was the 14th Annual Mardi Gras Celebration and Straw Poll, hosted and co-chaired […]
The Virginia General Assembly adjourned the 2022 legislative session on Saturday, leaving the budget and pending bills for a special legislative session that is expected soon. During the legislative session, State Senator Jennifer McClellan (D-9) worked extensively with legislators from both parties and passed 12 bills with bipartisan support. The bills ranged from criminal justice […]
During the General Assembly, Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-31st House District) honored civil rights trailblazers Isabel Allende and Dolores Huerta during International Women’s Day. In addition, Guzman called out the systemic racism that continued against the Latinx community. The transcript of the video is above:
A controversial bill to largely undo a new criminal-justice transparency law in Virginia will be worked out behind closed doors in the General Assembly session’s last week. The Democratic-led state Senate voted 26-13 Tuesday to send the legislation to a conference committee, a small panel of legislators that will work out its details and present a final […]
From protecting children online to challenging obesity, she discussed several topics that became key points of legislation The General Assembly can bring a level of challenges when it begins each year. For some, it’s an opportunity to maintain control of the governing structure. For others, to introduce legislation that will improve the well-being of Virginians […]
On Thursday, March 3, at 10:30 am, the Virginia State Conference NAACP will host a “Let the Voters Decide Rally” in support of voting rights. Yesterday, a House subcommittee voted down proposed constitutional amendments that would restore voting rights for felons who have completed their terms. Under Virginia law, people convicted of felonies lose the […]
A House of Delegates subcommittee Monday voted down legislation that would have allowed recreational marijuana sales to begin this September. The bill, which had passed the Democratic-controlled Senate last week, died on a party line vote, with Republicans opposing. Democrats on the panel urged their GOP colleagues to reconsider. “The longer we wait to have a regulated […]
Solitary confinement is defined in Virginia as the isolation of an incarcerated person to a cell for at least 22 hours per day. Holding someone longer than 15 days in solitary confinement is considered torture by the United Nations, which prohibits the practice. It has been considered a brutal practice, with studies showing its impact on the mentality […]
Earlier this month, the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP announced its support for special elections for the House of Delegates this year, and since then, other organizations have joined the group. Last year, the Virginia House of Delegates elections were held in outdated districts due to a delay with the redistricting process because of […]
A proposal to let Virginia voters self-impose photo ID rules for their own ballot failed in the state Senate Tuesday along with every other Republican effort to reinstate mandatory photo ID in state elections. In a meeting Tuesday afternoon, the nine Democrats on the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee repeatedly overruled six Republicans to kill […]
