CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — As older adults anxiously await vaccines to protect them, African American/Black, Latino and Asian American older adults in Chicago and statewide are getting sick and dying of COVID-19 at rates much higher than their share of the population, according to new data from AARP Illinois, the Chicago Urban League, The Resurrection Project and Asian […]

To our men and women who protect and serve our country, we salute you and will never forget… A man who lays down his life for…

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…

Washington’s Birthday, known today as Presidents Day, begin as a federal holiday to honor George Washington’s birthday, the first president of the United States of…

  Today is Dr Martin Luther King JR Day across the nation. On this Federal and state holiday Americans are reminded to reflect on the life…

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 […]

The Virginia House of Delegates passed the so-called ultrasound abortion bill Thursday afternoon, reports Richmond, Virginia CBS affiliate WTVR. The bill requires a woman seeking an abortion to first undergo an ultrasound to determine gestation age of the unborn child. Opponents of the measure said that the procedure is “costly and medically unnecessary…” “This version […]

A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative's dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes.

Virginia's General Assembly goes in session on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 and will remain in session until March 2012. Legislators will introduce hundreds of bills and you can keep track of all bills here.

NewsOne spotlights the more controversial, questionable and bizarre state legislation of 2012.

The U.S. Senate approved legislation this past Wednesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines, a long overdue recognition to the first Blacks to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. Senator Kay Hagan of North Carolina led the effort to get this bill passed. See also: Rep. Charles: Still Mad As […]

by Cheryl Jackson in National on Apr 26, 2010 at 5:00 pm // VIA NEWSWEEK: Here we go again. On April 15 a federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the National Day of Prayer, slated for May 6, was unconstitutional. The usual voices have been heard rising in objection (Sarah Palin and Franklin Graham among […]