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1 week ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
About a dozen Southwest and Southside localities were included on a list published Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security deemed to be “sanctuary jurisdictions.” Many of those localities are considered Republican strongholds that voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
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1 week ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
Two Democratic candidates, Jay Jones and Shannon Taylor, will face off on the June 17 primary ballot in their bid to become Virginia’s next attorney general. Neither Jones nor Taylor is from Southwest or Southside Virginia, but both had ideas for how they could best support the two regions. Jones, a Norfolk native, earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.
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1 week ago | 
midfloridanewspapers.com | Elizabeth Beyer
Roanoke, VA (Cardinal News)For more on the session, check out our new podcast, which debuts with a preview of the General Assembly. Lawmakers will take up thousands of bills during this year's short legislative session, with an election looming that could reshape the makeup of Virginia's House of Delegates and make history in the executive branch.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
Virginia’s three Republican congressmen from the western part of the state have formed their own search committee to select candidates for the next U.S. attorney for the commonwealth’s Western District. Their effort comes after Virginia’s two Democratic U.S. senators conducted interviews and provided two names for consideration to the White House to replace acting U.S. Attorney Zachary Lee. Lee assumed the role on Dec. 21, following the resignation of U.S. Attorney Christopher Kavanaugh.
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2 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
There’s not much daylight between the six Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, that much was apparent as they faced off in a forum in Prince William County on Thursday night. Former union leader and attorney Alex Bastani, Prince William School Board Chairman Babur Lateef, Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, D-Richmond, Sen.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer |Emily Schabacker
At the Bradley Free Clinic, patients fill exam rooms for medical, dental, and behavioral health care. For 50 years, this safety-net clinic has served some of the region’s most acutely ill and vulnerable residents. Now, as the federal government moves forward with Medicaid cuts, clinic leaders like Janine Underwood are bracing for fallout. “We’re really struggling to figure out what sustainability looks like for not only free clinics, but safety nets throughout the community,” Underwood said.
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3 weeks ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
Democrats on a special committee charged with exploring the effects of federal shake-ups on Virginia expressed concern with a lack of solid information from presenters from Southwest Virginia. Meanwhile, Republicans struck a more cautious tone during a meeting in Wytheville on Monday. Republicans noted that a lot of the presentations focused on estimations and speculations of potential impacts of the federal cuts. “The main thing that struck me today was a little room for optimism,” Del.
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3 weeks ago | 
cozen.com | Elizabeth Beyer |Charlotte Woods |David Ress
From Surplus to Safety Net
With his signature, Governor Youngkin officially wrapped up the legislative work of the 2025 Regular Session.
On May 2, the Governor signed the state budget that will fund the remainder of the biennium through June 30, 2026. This marks the first time in eight years the legislature completed its work without requiring a special session — though that does not preclude legislators from being called back later this year for other reasons.
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1 month ago | 
cardinalnews.org | Elizabeth Beyer
A former Pulaski town councilman charged with four misdemeanors received a deferred disposition on Friday on all charges. Michael Reis, a former member of the Pulaski Town Council, was charged with three class 1 misdemeanors and one class 3 misdemeanor in 2024 relating to alleged ethics and conflict of interest law violations in his role as a public official between January 2021 and April of that year. He received a deferred disposition on all four charges on Friday without an admission or plea.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Elizabeth Beyer
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued $900 million in line-item vetoes Friday to the budget amendments package passed by the General Assembly in February. Those cuts are primarily to higher education capital projects, including expansions of the Virginia Tech-Carilion School of Medicine and Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Roanoke and the Institute for Advancing Learning and Research in Danville.
