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See below for key moments in today's Virginia State Senate debate on expanding Medicaid in Virginia, ongoing right now. First, here's the Senate voting 22-18...

UPDATE 11:57 am - Holy crap, check out the following exchange on WTOP between Gov. Northam's comms director Brian Coy and the WTOP folks....

You might have read yesterday about the Virginian-Pilot being sold to a company called "Tronc," which also owns the Daily Press. Now this is...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, May 30. Politicians push for July election as Italy...

Lots of drama in Virginia's Senate Finance Committee this afternoon (yeah - they're baaaaack! LOL). I didn't get video of the beginning of it,...

It takes some doing to make Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA10), who votes 97% of the time with Trump, look non-extreme. But Comstock's hard-right opponent,...

From the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Report: Virginia Drinking Water Threatened by Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines With new analysis on groundwater threats and...

UPDATED Tuesday 12:18 pm: With Rob Bell announcing he's not running, I've got the following as candidates - Del. Michael Webert, Martha Boneta, Jim...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, May 29. Also, check out the video of Rudy...

by Todd Smyth Natural gas is not clean, renewable or cheap and Dominion is dooming Virginia to a third-world future of dirty fracked gas pipelines...

by Jon Sokolow In recent weeks, Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) started tree clearing and ground preparation for its proposed 42-inch, 303-mile fracked natural gas pipeline...

The Washington (Com)Post remains massively confused about truth, falsehood, and the word "misleading" First they post a headline that "Trump is blaming Democrats" without...

UPDATE 11:45 am: See below for another tree sitter and the MVP people acting like...well, the MVP people (and that's not a good thing). The...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Memorial Day, May 28, 2018. If you're able to do so...

From Rick Webb, Committee Chair; Pipeline Compliance Surveillance Initiative; Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance The Pipeline CSI, a program of the Allegheny-Blue Ridge Alliance (ABRA), has made the following online...

On May 12, I made two endorsements for Alexandria City Council for the Democratic primary on June 12: 1) incumbent Willie Bailey and 2) newcomer Elizabeth Bennett-Parker.  Just a...

This piece has run as an op/ed in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06). ************************* Justice has been called the most important virtue for...

It's looking increasingly likely - although of course nothing's over 'til it's over, don't count your chickens before they hatch, etc. - that Virginia...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, May 27. Trump Says North Korea Summit Plans 'Moving...

SPONSORED CONTENT Military bases can be thought of as islands from a legal standpoint. For the most part, they are in a state and tend...

See below for video of the Fairfax County NAACP's VA-10 candidate forum this afternoon. All Democratic candidates - Alison Friedman, Lindsey Davis Stover, Dan...

This is disgraceful and (should be) completely unacceptable. Hello Ralph Northam? Anyone home at the Virginia Governor's Mansion? This is on YOUR watch, dude.

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, May 26. Exit polls suggest Ireland has voted to...

So totally hypothetically, let's just say you lived in a state where it was legal for an ostensibly state-regulated monopoly to de facto buy...

Smart of the Leslie Cockburn for Congress campaign (see their email below) to pounce on the latest story about batshit-crazy Rep. Tom Garrett (R-VA05), who...

As a candidate for governor last year, Ralph Northam promised repeatedly (e.g., see here for video from a September 2017 debate with Ed Gillespie)...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, May 25. Trump’s decision to cancel summit renews fears...

I just got a press release on Sen. Jennifer Wexton's first TV ad (see below) in her VA-10 Congressional campaign. I'm currently thinking through...

From Virginia House Democratic Leader Del. David Toscano: Senate Goes To Richmond, But No Budget Vote May 23, 2018 I was planning to be driving to Richmond...

Good stuff from the Paul Pelletier for Congress (VA-10) campaign. As Pelletier says, "The American people deserve to know the truth about whether the...