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- Russet Perry Committee Boosts Virginia Democrats with $37,700 Donation
Friends of Russet Perry, the campaign committee for Virginia State Senator Russet Perry, transferred $37,700 to the Democratic Party of Virginia on September 8, 2026.
- Union Check-Off Funds Flow to Virginia Democratic Campaigns
The Laborers District Council Check-Off Fund recently contributed $20,000 to the Baltimore Washington Construction & Public Employees Laborers PAC.
- Union Local Transfers Funds to PAC Supporting Virginia Democrats
Plumbers & Steamfitters UA Local Union No. 110 transferred $3279.05 to the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 110 Local PAC Fund on August 3, 2026.
- Democrat PAC Funds Push for Richmond School Tax Hike
Richmond Forward Together, a Democratic leadership committee, recently contributed $20,000 to Yes For RPS on August 31, 2026.
- Subramanyam Voting Record Raises Questions on Federal Worker Protections
Congressman Suhas Subramanyam has drawn attention for his positions on key issues affecting constituents in Virginia's 10th District.
- Adam Casagrande Fuels Democratic Fundraising Machine in Virginia
Adam Casagrande of Norfolk made a $10,000 donation to ActBlue Virginia on August 25, 2026.
- Senator's Interference Undermines Law and Order in Portsmouth Protest
In June 2020, a crowd gathered in Portsmouth, Virginia, to deface and dismantle a Confederate monument.
- United Steelworkers Union Backs Newport News Mayor with Latest Donation
The United Steelworkers made a $2,500 donation on September 1, 2026, to Friends of Phillip Jones, the campaign committee for Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones.
- Keeping it in the family: The daughters, the grandson, and $351,803 in campaign cash
The senator's committee is the top funder of the daughter now charged beside her in the bribery count.
- Law Firm Cozen O’Connor Backs Virginia Democratic Fund with Fresh Donation
Cozen O’Connor Attorneys directed $17,500 to the Commonwealth Victory Fund on September 8, 2026.
- 'Too old to not be greedy': Inside the bribery count against Virginia's most powerful senator
Prosecutors say the Finance chair sank $750,000 into a license shell, took $100,000 the FBI supplied, and told fellow lawmakers she was \"trying to disqualify\" the co-conspirator until he paid her back.
- Virginia's Senate budget chief indicted: Feds say Louise Lucas ran a family marijuana enterprise
The president pro tempore and Finance chair faces racketeering and bribery-related charges.
- Mama's Chicken: How a $750,000 'license shell' became the heart of the Lucas bribery case
Feds say the Senate Finance chair wanted her money back, invoked her role as the bill's 'Chief Co-patron,' and took $100,000 in FBI-supplied cash inside the Capitol complex.
- Presumed at large: the rap sheets Congress says Fairfax let walk
Fake IDs, fentanyl, strangulation, a gun at an elementary school.
- Feds put Lucas-linked Portsmouth office, Danville parcels on forfeiture list
The County Street building where prosecutors say the senator met about licenses and marijuana tops the list.
- Fined, warned, never prosecuted: The Cannabis Outlet's long run, as feds tell it
State regulators fined Sen. Louise Lucas' store $66,500.
- More than $1.5 million to one supplier: The money trail feds say fed the Lucas store
Monthly payments to a Danville CBD operator, cash back to the senator's daughter, and texts that prosecutors say show the family shopping for 'flower.'
- Democrat Powerbroker Indicted in Illegal Marijuana Empire Using Senate Clout
Federal authorities have indicted Louise Lucas, the President Pro Tempore of the Virginia Senate, on multiple felony counts tied to an alleged criminal marijuana operation that prosecutors say generated millions in illicit gains.
- 1,670 detainers ignored: House report puts Fairfax's sanctuary machine on the record
Congress's investigators say Fairfax County's jail turned away at least 1,670 ICE detainers in three years, while the county's top prosecutor dropped case after case.
- 'Not here for politics': Stephanie Minter's mother wants Descano gone
Police warned Descano's office in writing that Abdul Jalloh would hurt someone again.
- Dominion Energy Employee William Murray Funds ActBlue Virginia with $2,500 Donation
William Murray of Henrico, Virginia, employed by Dominion Energy, contributed $2,500 to ActBlue Virginia on June 2, 2026.
- Trump Signs Executive Order Reintroducing Presidential Fitness Test to Public Schools
The President signed a executive order on Thursday to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test to public schools.
- Rape charge pleaded down to a suspended sentence: the Fairfax plea deals Congress found
A carnal knowledge charge became a misdemeanor with no jail time.
- Freed Dec. 16, accused of murder the next day: the Morales-Ortez case
Descano's office dropped gun and assault charges, the jail ignored ICE, and the next day an alleged MS-13 member allegedly killed a man in Reston.
- Griffin Stands Firm Against HB-1295 Assault on Virginia Police
Delegate Griffin condemns legislation that would empower the attorney general and private residents to sue local law enforcement agencies, undermining public safety and traditional support for officers.
- Shelor Motor Mile Fuels Virginia Dealers PAC and Democrats with $10,000 Gift
Shelor Motor Mile, a major auto dealership based in Christiansburg, Virginia, contributed $10,000 to the Virginia Automobile and Truck Dealers Political Action Committee on September 4, 2026.
- A key power plant failed on emergency morning. PJM still hasn't said which one.
PJM told the Energy Department on Sept. 17 that 'a critical generation facility' serving the BGE, Pepco and Dominion zones had unexpectedly gone offline.
- George Mason University Scrutinized for Illegal Racial Preferences
On July 17, Trump’s Justice Department announced its plan to investigate Virginia’s George Mason University (“GMU”) for possible civil rights violations in hiring.
- Emergency grid costs can land on your bill, and the federal order says so
Buried in Paragraph I of September's DOE emergency order for the PJM grid: 'Rate recovery is available.'
- Virginia Businessman Tony Nero Funds Democratic Platform with Latest Contribution
Tony Nero of Virginia Beach directed a $2,500 donation to ActBlue Virginia on June 1, 2026.
- Run your own diesel or risk blackouts: the federal clause Northern Virginia should know about
September's DOE emergency order let PJM order big power users onto their own backup generators before any rolling blackouts, overriding state and local limits.
- Virginia Lawmakers Wisely Delay Farm Wage Mandate to Shield Growers
Delegate McClure’s amendment postpones removal of agricultural exemptions under HB20 until after the growing season to protect farm viability and fair competition.
- West Virginia coal carried the load. Virginia's peakers weren't on the waiver list. Here's the Clean Economy Act context.
During September's federal grid emergency, Dominion's Mount Storm coal plant in West Virginia ran under federal waivers while 11 listed Virginia gas turbines did not appear on PJM's report.
- Judge confirms Senate Dems power grab
A Fairfax County Circuit County Judge has taken the side of state Senate Democrats in a lawsuit filed to stop eight members of public university boards appointed by Governor.
- Griffin Stands Firm Against State AI Overreach Threatening Virginia Jobs
Delegate Griffin rejects House Bill 797, warning patchwork regulations will cede America's AI edge and punish free enterprise.
- Feds put Loudoun and four Northern Virginia districts on a short leash, and Fairfax is under investigation
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Loudoun and four NoVA districts are on federal reimbursement status over Title IX, and Fairfax is under investigation.
- Dominion's millions for Democrats, and a grid on the edge
PJM told the Energy Department that September's grid strain was worst in the Dominion zone.
- Biden DOJ was warned about a Loudoun list targeting parents and wrote a memo protecting school boards instead
An internal 2021 email warned DOJ about a list targeting Loudoun parents.
- What Loudoun parents paid: Ian Prior's account of a yearlong campaign against his family
Loudoun parent Ian Prior told DOJ he faced hate mail, mailers to neighbors and a tampered dog fence after challenging the school board, and he blames the Garland memo.
- Youngkin at DOJ: Virginia was "Ground Zero," and the fight for parents is not over
Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin told a June DOJ roundtable that Loudoun made Virginia 'Ground Zero for parent's rights' and laid out the next fights over curriculum and school choice.
- The NSBA apologized in 2021. The Loudoun lawsuit it never reckoned with is now Exhibit E
The NSBA apologized for its 2021 letter but never addressed Loudoun.
- Large Loudoun power users fired up diesel so families didn't lose power
Six backup diesel units in Ashburn ran 8 to 10 hours on Sept. 17 under a federal order meant to keep big users off the grid before any rolling blackouts.
- Virginia Attorney Jibran Muhammad Donates to ActBlue Virginia Amid Ongoing Support for Democratic Candidates
Jibran Muhammad, an attorney based in Fairfax, Virginia, made a $2,500 donation to ActBlue Virginia on June 10, 2026.
- Virginia House Speaker Don Scott demands special treatment, claims racism
Del. Don Scott (D) Virginia Delegate Don Scott, (D), falsely alleges he was subjected to racial bias when he was not admitted to First Colonial High School without prior notice to speak to the students.
- Virginia Donor Carol Barbe Contributes $5,000 to ActBlue Virginia for State Candidate
Carol Barbe made a donation of $5,000 on June 9, 2026, to ActBlue Virginia designated for a Virginia candidate.
- FBI built an "EDUOFFICIALS" tag and opened 25 assessments on school-board "threats." Prosecutions found: none
The FBI created an 'EDUOFFICIALS' threat tag and opened 25 assessments on school-board threats.
- Virginia Donor Gary McCollum Contributes Thousands More to ActBlue Virginia
Gary McCollum of Virginia Beach made a $3,500 donation to ActBlue Virginia on June 10, 2026.
- Five years later, the Loudoun dad behind the NSBA's Virginia example gets his say at Main Justice
Five years after his arrest at a Loudoun school board meeting, Scott Smith told DOJ leaders the government 'used my family's tragedy as their blueprint.'
- Local Control Prevails: HB881 Trusts Virginia Communities on Leaf Blower Rules
Falls Church father urges lawmakers to empower localities rather than impose a statewide mandate on gas-powered leaf blowers.
- Coal to the rescue: Dominion's Mount Storm ran 12 hours to back up the grid in September
When PJM declared an emergency and the Energy Department waived pollution limits, the first Virginia-zone unit in PJM's compliance report was a coal unit, Dominion's Mount Storm station in West Virginia.
