Governor Northam is expected to sign the sweeping legislation to protect domestic workers. The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday passed The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights extending the Virginia Human Rights Act and workplace health and safety protections to domestic workers throughout the Commonwealth. On Friday, February 19, 2021, the House passed State Senator Jennifer […]
Delegate Elizabeth Guzman’s (D-31st District) bill to provide 40 hours of annual paid sick leave to home health care workers who serve patients enrolled in Medicaid will advance to the Senate Floor. The bill, which would have initially covered all essential workers, was amended and advanced yesterday by the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. The Senate […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Today, the Virginia House of Delegates passed 55-45 the Senate version of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (SB1395) to protect Virginia voters from suppression, discrimination, and intimidation. The bill now heads to Governor Ralph Northam’s desk for signing. The House version of the Voting Rights Act (HB 1890) is slated for a vote in […]
On Wednesday, Care in Action—a nonprofit, nonpartisan group fights for domestic workers in the U.S—formally announced its endorsement of Senator Jennifer McClellan as Virginia’s next governor. McClellan has focused on bringing legal protections to domestic workers during her time in the General Assembly.
As the 2021 Virginia campaign season has commenced, the races for Governor and Lieutenant Governor among others has featured more diverse candidates than ever before. This is especially true as an unprecedented number of Black candidates have entered the races on both a state and local level. This evening at 7:00pm Lt. Governor candidate Sean […]
Earlier today The Collective PAC, the nation’s largest political action committee dedicated to increasing Black political representation across all levels of government, endorsed four Democratic candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates. Two of the endorsed candidates are campaigning locally in both Rod Hall (31st District) and Briana Sewell (51st). Founders of The Collective PAC, […]
In a year that has already seen a record number of candidates running in both local and general elections, committees are doing their part to ensure that they are on the ballot. On Saturday the Prince William County Democratic Women’s Caucus along with the Potomac District Democratic Committee hosted the Candidate’s Petition Parkway in Dumfries. […]
