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 […]
Democrats in the Virginia Senate joined with Republicans on Monday to roll back a 2020 law making it optional for principals and superintendents to report many misdemeanor-level offenses to law enforcement. The legislation, sponsored by Del. Scott Wyatt, R-Hanover, will once again require notification in the case of many offenses committed on school property, including possession of […]
Little shares insight into how she’s working to change the Commonwealth’s archaic decree For years, victims of domestic violence faced a myriad of challenges if they wished to get a divorce in the state of Virginia. Not only did they have to endure the legal process of going through the court system, but also deal […]
Essential home care and public service workers of SEIU Virginia 512 testified before members of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees at four virtual budget hearings across Virginia today, days before the 2022 Virginia General Assembly session officially begins. Union members called on the General Assembly to protect the progress they’ve made with essential […]
A Plea to Virginia’s 2022 General Assembly and Citizens of the Commonwealth In Virginia, if my husband had cheated on me, I would have been able to get an immediate divorce. But because he assaulted me and put me in the hospital instead, I have to wait a full year before the courts will grant my divorce. […]
Lawmakers are about to consider legislation that would change what kind of information appears on Virginia driver’s licenses. Your Virginia driver’s license includes your height, the color of your eyes and a fun hologram image of you on clear plastic. But it does not include your race or ethnicity. That’s something state Senator Adam Ebbin […]
For years Virginia law has mandated that parents of children in juvenile correctional centers continue to pay monthly child support. Originally the purpose for the payments were to cover their housing and teaching. However, under a newly proposed bill, that may be a thing of the past. Delegate Patrick Hope (D-Arlington) has proposed HB 1912 […]
Last November, the citizens of Virginia voted in favor of Amendment 1, which transferred the power of the General Assembly to draw the state’s congressional and legislative districts to a redistricting commission composed of both state legislators and citizens. Yesterday, a panel of five retired judges picked the six men and two women from 62 […]
*Cross-posted from Virginia Justice Democrats, co-authored with Alison Symons. George Floyd’s murder wasn’t an accident. Neither was Breonna Taylor’s, Ahmaud Aubrey’s, or Tony McDade. This isn’t just in reference to the deliberate, willful acts of brutality and violence which led to their deaths, either. George Floyd’s murder was made possible by systemic racism woven into […]
