Virginia Politics & News
Virginia news from The Daily Signal, covering state politics, education policy, election integrity, and the political shift between Northern Virginia and the Commonwealth’s conservative regions.
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Virginia State Corporation Commission Member Won’t Recuse Herself From Dominion Talks
The State Corporation Commission, which oversees utilities in Virginia, is taking public comments on whether NextEra Energy should be allowed to buy Richmond-based Dominion Energy. The Florida-based company proposed a $67 billion takeover of Virginia’s largest utility, and the SCC has until January to either sign off on the deal, recommend changes, or block it…. -
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Virginia’s Deliberately Confusing Constitutional Amendments
If the Republican Party’s congressional candidates in Virginia keep even close to the semi-plurality in the lower chamber that they currently have at 5-6 seats, it may be driven by the campaigns going around the Commonwealth ginning up interest in defeating the constitutional amendments that are also on the ballot. These three amendments are very… -
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Illegal Immigrant Charged With Brutal Fairfax County Murder
Alexis Antonio Cedillos-Campos, a 19-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador, appeared in court in Maryland on Thursday for a hearing related to the heinous murder of Carmen Lizet Puch. He is scheduled for another appearance on Sept. 18 ahead of his possible extradition to Virginia. The victim, a 42-year-old mother, was stabbed to death in… -
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RVA Duck Fest Flocks to CarMax Park
Ducks are popular guests at Richmond’s new baseball stadium. So far this year, the Eastern League’s Flying Squirrels have hosted the Akron RubberDucks 12 times and sport a 10-2 home record against the accommodating Cleveland Guardians farm team. The Squirrels are now biding their time after winning the first-half title and will host playoff games… -
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The Midterm Rematch That Will ‘Determine the Fate of the Country’
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Virginia is home to the race that will “determine the fate of the country,” according to House Speaker Mike Johnson. Republicans came together in Virginia Beach to fundraise for Rep. Jen Kiggans, who faces a 2022 rematch against former Rep. Elaine Luria. After the event, Johnson told reporters that 2026 will be a… -
opinion
Virginia’s COVID-19 Vaccine Folly
Newly released texts show that Dr. Anthony Fauci privately told colleagues that a reaction some people had after their second COVID-19 vaccine dose “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester.” Days later, he told the public that 10,000 pregnant women had received COVID-19 vaccines without any concerning safety signals being detected. “No red… -
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Gaming the System
I had a personal friend lose his job programming a popular radio station and have to leave the United States in order to keep working because a record company representative took him to a New York Yankees game. The New York state attorney general decided that crime was so well under control in the state… -
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NASCAR Roars Through Richmond
Three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano led for 95 of the 400 laps at Richmond Raceway this weekend on his way to a narrow victory over Chase Briscoe in the Cook Out 400. “Kind of a fun, back-and-forth battle. Had some strategy there, too. A typical Richmond race,” Logano said afterward. It’s the third… -
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Ballot Language Wars Reshape Major Referendums Before a Single Vote Is Cast
Democrat state officials across the country have altered referendum language, which critics allege is aimed at manipulating the outcome of ballot measures this fall. After California Attorney General Rob Bonta altered the language of California’s voter ID measure, Proposition 39, the Yes on 39 campaign alleged in court the alteration was misleading. A Sacramento judge… -
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Year After Deadly Crash, 21 Blue States Move to Block Trump Commercial Driver’s License Data Request
Democrat attorneys general have sued to block the Trump administration from accessing records on commercial driver’s licenses. The Trump Department of Transportation has stepped up enforcement of commercial driver’s licensing rules, seeking more information from states to find unqualified truck drivers, including illegal immigrants. It has threatened to withhold about $10 million in funding if… -
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Virginia’s Trash Mounts While Closed Landfill Festers
Virginia’s economy thrives on imports and exports. In June, imports touched $5.4 billion, up $2.5 billion year over year. The commonwealth recently wrapped up the $1.4 billion Gateway Investment Program to deliver better port services. As a result, Norfolk Harbor offers channels on the U.S. East Coast that are among the deepest and widest, allowing… -
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Born From the DSA
After Tuesday’s primary results, officeholders and pundits from the Democratic Party establishment went on a full-on offensive against the insurgent Democratic Socialists of America. Irony abounded as allegations that voter fraud and funny business with failing “zip drives” were used to allegedly keep socialist internet-star state Rep. Francesca Hong from winning the gubernatorial primary in… -
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Court Rules Against Confederate School Names in Virginia’s Shenandoah County
A federal judge ruled that Shenandoah County must once again change the names of two schools it had returned to their original names in 2024. The schools had been named Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School until the names were changed in 2020 to Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School…. -
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Thomas: Spanberger Fiddles While Virginia Burns
On the median of an intersection near the Capitol building in Richmond, a well-dressed yet disheveled beggar is seen holding a sign: “Unemployed. Will Politic for Food.” This is the fate awaiting whoever it was that thought it would be a good idea to send Gov. Abigail Spanberger to the 90th annual Galax Old Fiddlers… -
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Virginia Programs Promote Reading
Americans are familiar with using a vending machine to get a drink, a snack, even live bait. But in Southwest Virginia, one school district is using such machines to deliver food for thought: books. Henry County Public Schools recently unveiled vending machines that will be available in all nine of its elementary schools and will… -
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Chesapeake Delays Data Center Applications
THE CENTER SQUARE—Chesapeake is delaying some new data center proposals while it rewrites the rules for where the facilities can be built and how they’re reviewed. The City Council voted 9-0 on July 21 to approve Resolution 26-R-042, temporarily delaying consideration of data center applications requiring rezonings or conditional use permits for up to eight… -
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Va. Candidate Dodges Photos With DSA Members
Empathy is being able to understand someone’s troubles because you have experienced something similar. I have to confess that though we used to be able to just debate our disagreements over approaches to solving problems, once Virginia congressional candidate Tom Perriello became an agent of his party, the times that we spoke, he sadly only… -
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Virginia Primary Results Set Up Fall Matchups
The stage is set for November’s congressional elections. The Associated Press called all of Virginia’s races less than an hour after polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday. In the race for U.S. Senate, Democrat Mark Warner is attempting to win a fourth term. He ran unopposed in the primary and will square off against Republican… -
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Dominion Pockets Profits During Proposed Sale
Dominion Energy announced last week that its second-quarter revenue rose to $4.48 billion, up substantially from the $3.81 billion in revenue it earned in the same period last year. Those earnings far surpassed analysts’ estimates. Overall, Dominion posted adjusted earnings of 79 cents per share, again easily topping expectations. The profits are driven, in part,… -
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Get the Flock Out
The Harrisonburg City Council voted unanimously this week to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety. It will bag the company’s surveillance cameras with trash bags until they are removed and will consider an ordinance that prohibits other similar mass-surveillance entities from entering into contracts with any entities in the city. Earlier this year, the…