By Ben Jealous (TE <http://triceedneywire.com/>Wire) – Republicans in the U.S. Senate just gave us some clarity about where their party wants to take this country. It’s not pretty, and it’s not popular, which is why they’ve put so much effort into taking over the federal courts. Republican senators refused for the last year of Barack […]
Read MoreBy Ned Oliver (VM) – Virginia’s unemployment insurance program now ranks worst in the country when it comes to quickly processing claims that require staff review — a backlog that has risen to more than 90,000 cases, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. Applicants caught in the bureaucratic limbo have been left waiting as long […]
Read MoreBy Stacy M. Brown (NNPA) – If the 2020 election’s importance wasn’t apparent to those casting ballots, a federal judge’s recent decision might have underscored the urgency. In a decision that had far-reaching consequences during a deadly pandemic that’s cost more than 219,000 Americans their lives, the court ruled against President Donald Trump’s order to […]
Read MoreVirginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring has joined coalition of 22 state attorneys general in opposing efforts by the Trump administration to severely restrict the amount of time international students are allowed to stay in the United States. Herring and his colleagues have submitted a comment letter opposing a proposed rule that would set fixed […]
Read MoreBy Ned Oliver (VM) – State prison officials estimate that more than 14,000 inmates in Virginia could see their release dates moved up under legislation awaiting Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature. The bill, backed by General Assembly Democrats and unanimously opposed by GOP lawmakers, would let inmates cut their sentences by a third as long as […]
Read MoreBy Stacy M. Brown (NNPA) – Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative judge with a stated opposition to the Affordable Care Act and many Civil Rights laws, was confirmed on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, as the next Supreme Court Justice. Only Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins defected, while Democrats boycotted the formal vote. “After refusing a […]
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Read MoreCarol Anderson, Ph.D., author of “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy,” will speak on voting rights and voter suppression at a virtual event Oct. 21 hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. “One Person, No Vote” explores the history of efforts to suppress African American voting participation and is VCU’s 2020 Common Book, […]
Read MoreDels. Cia Price, D-Newport News, and Lashrecse Aird, D-Petersburg, react after a proposed redistricting amendment proposal narrowly passed the House of Delegates in March. (Ned Oliver/VM) By Graham Moomaw When the Virginia House of Delegates was getting ready to pass its 2011 redistricting plan, Del. Jeion Ward, D-Hampton, stood to say something she knew her […]
Read MoreBy Ned Oliver (VM) – A group that represents landlords around the state is asking the Supreme Court of Virginia to make it easier for them to move eviction lawsuits through the court system. In a letter late last week to Chief Justice Don Lemons, the Virginia Apartment Management Association requested the court issue an […]
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