On Saturday, May 14, Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D) will open her campaign headquarters in Fredericksburg.
Spanberger is running for reelection to keep her seat in the newly-redrawn 7th Congressional District, which no longer includes her home outside Richmond. The Democrat has held the seat since 2018.
(The Center Square) – Virginia ranked slightly above average in a report that looked into the best and worst states to be a police officer, conducted by the financial website WalletHub.
Out of a possible score of 100, the commonwealth scored a little less than 43 points, which positioned itself 23rd when compared to the other 49 states and the District of Columbia. It finished right in the middle of its neighbors, with three ranking higher than Virginia and three ranking lower than Virginia.
[Updated] More than 200 conservatives packed the Rose Gold Events Center in Manassas for the 33rd Annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner.
Potomac Local News was invited to attend and cover the event on Friday, May 6, 2022, where conservatives basked in the glow of a Republican sweep of statewide office for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears, and Attorney General Jason Miyares in November 2021.
By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – Intuit, owner of the popular tax-filing website TurboTax, will need to pay out $3.5 million to Virginia consumers in response to allegations of deceptive advertising practices, according to a settlement agreement between the company and the commonwealth.
Delegate Danica Roem announced today she wants to be Senator Danica Roem.
The journalist turned lawmaker who was swept into office in a blue wave of Virginia Democrats in 2017, including Gov. Ralph Northam, announced a bid for a newly-created, vacant 30th Virginia State Senate seat.
(The Center Square) – Twenty attorneys general are demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “immediately disband” the agency’s newly created Disinformation Governance Board and “cease all efforts to police Americans’ protected speech.”
In a letter dated May 5, they argue the board is unconstitutional, illegal, and un-American. If Mayorkas doesn’t shut it down, the AGs say they will sue.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va., 7) will speak before the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce members.
In November, the incumbent Democrat up for reelection will speak at a chamber-sponsored event at Stevenson Ridge bed and breakfast, Meeting Street, Spotsylvania, from 10:30 a.m. until noon, Tuesday, May 10.
by Dan McCaleb
(The Center Square / Potomac Local News) Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on an abortion rights case was an “egregious breach” of trust and would be investigated.
The son of a Stafford County Deputy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Fredericksburg Nationals game on Sunday, May 1, which honored local law enforcement and military personnel.
Crystal Vanuch, a Stafford County Supervisor and Republican candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, accompanied James, 10, to the mound. With his glove in hand, a confident James wound up the pitch and sent it hurtling toward home plate.
(The Center Square) – A Virginia Senate committee controlled by Democrats voted to reject a proposal that would have suspended the commonwealth’s entire 26.2-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline for three months.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 12-3 to prevent Senate Bill 6001 from passing. Each of the committee’s Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Emmet Hanger, R-Augusta, voted against the bill. Three of the four Republicans voted to advance the legislation.
