Terry McAuliffe, a businessman will host a fundraiser for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and the headliners are the president himself and former president Bill Clinton. According to published reports the fundraising event will take place at McAullife’s home in McLean, Virginia on April 29. Virginia is a crucial state for the democrats to keep a stronghold in the […]

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Sandford, Florida police chief Bill Lee stepped down temporarily on March 22 amid allegations that he didn’t handle the Trayvon Martin case fairly by not arresting George Zimmerman following the shooting on February 26. The state’s commissioner voted 3-2 to reject Lee’s resignation. According to the Associated Press, “the majority blamed the uproar surrounding Martin’s death […]

Virginia General Assembly: House members voted last week by a 66-32 margin that life begins at conception. On Thursday, members in the Senate voted on the bill by a 24-12 margin.  The bill has been sent back to committee for more study.  The “personhood” bill has been tabled until the 2013 General Assembly session. The […]

  UPDATE:  The Virginia Senate passed the Thomas Haynesworth bill and now it is up to the House of Delegates to vote on the measure. RICHMOND – Senator Henry L. Marsh, III (D) is pleased that the Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved the claims bill that he submitted to compensate Thomas E. Haynesworth for 27 […]

Lawmakers in both the House and Senate passed the “Castle Doctrine”bill at the Virginia General Assembly. This bill would give homeowners the right to use force or deadly force if someone breaks into their home. Read the “Castle Doctrine” bill (hb48). Delegate Joe Morrissey ways in on the bill. HB 48 Castle doctrine; self-defense and […]

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, on September 6, signed into law a stricter, 4-year lifetime limit on cash welfare benefits, prompting advocates for the poor to warn that tens of thousands of residents will find themselves without cash assistance on Oct. 1. Michigan’s first-year Republican governor said the state will offer exemptions to the limit for […]

  President Barack Obama was in Richmond, Va on Friday talking about his American Jobs Act at the University of Richmond.  The $447 billion package goes before Congress for a vote today.  He hopes Congress will pass the bill now and not wait 14 months. The American Jobs Act will include employment for construction workers; […]