The Virginia 2014 General Assembly Session has adjourned and lawmakers in the House and Senate have not passed the two-year 95-million state budget. Members of…

Several Virginia lawmakers in the Senate and House of Delegates support year-round schools. The lawmakers will unveil their support today during a press conference at…

From the Virginia State Conference NAACP: The Virginia State Conference NAACP will hold its 2014 Legislative Day at Virginia’s General Assembly on Tuesday, January 28,…

  Virginia legislators will hear hot issues at this year’s General Assembly session which opens on Wednesday. Lawmakers will introduce reforms to the Standards of…

       Do you know what today is? Today is the 148th Anniversary of the Juneteenth celebration. The Juneteenth celebration came about when the…

Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s proposed $85 billion budget plan introduced during the opening session of the 2012 Virginia General Assembly finally passed after the fourth try. The General Assembly ended the 2012 session in early March with no budget. Lawmakers reconvened weeks later to work on budget negotiations but still no agreement.  The senate democrats […]

Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday the Justice Department opened a record number of more than 100 new investigations into possible voting rights discrimination across the country last year.