by MCDC | Jan 27, 2014 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
VIRGINIA BEACH — State Del. Lynwood W. Lewis Jr. has won the recount for a Hampton Roads Senate seat, throwing control of the Virginia Senate to Democrats and giving Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s first-year agenda a crucial boost.Lewis’s slim lead over Republican Wayne...
by MCDC | Jan 25, 2014 | Coal, Environment, Virginia
By Mary Anne Hitt We know the coal industry is getting away with poisoning our waterways nationwide, and a new study of federal data by the Associated Press shows just that. Coal industry chemicals and waste “have tainted hundreds of waterways and groundwater...
by MCDC | Jan 24, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Opinion, Virginia
By Dave Leichtman, DPVA Vice-chair for Technology and Communications (via BlueVirginia) With the news that Delegate Herring is stepping down as DPVA Chair, I believe the time is right for some deep introspection within VA Dems. We had some big wins in 2013, and for...
by MCDC | Jan 23, 2014 | Civil Rights, Virginia
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Attorney General ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING CHANGES VIRGINIA’S LEGAL POSITION IN MARRIAGE EQUALITY CASE RICHMOND — Attorney General Mark R. Herring today changed Virginia’s legal position in Bostic v. Rainey, siding...
by MCDC | Jan 22, 2014 | Action Alerts, Education, Virginia
There is often debate about what exactly the First Amendment means, however, in an 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptists, Thomas Jefferson made clear that the purpose of the First Amendment was to establish a “wall of separation” between Church and State in...
