The primary will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Doug Will Tennis Center at Harrison Park in Bridgewater. Leila Longcor and Dennis Driver will be vying for the nomination to run in November to replace longtime District 4 Supervisor Bill Kyger who is not seeking reelection.
Senate Bill 903 was first brought forward by Augusta County State Senator Emmett Hanger as a way to keep THC products out of the hands of children but businesses like Pure Shenandoah say it has far more negative effects.
On Wednesday hundreds of students at JMU gathered on the quad to protest a speaking event being held on campus. The event called ‘The Ideology of Transgenderism’ hosted conservative media personality, Liz Wheeler.
West Virginia’s Republican supermajority swiftly approved a proposal to add mental health exemptions to a bill that would ban certain health care for transgender youth during the last day of its 60-day legislative session Saturday.
Before leaving Richmond at the end of February Virginia Lawmakers passed a bill that would create stricter regulations on hemp-based THC products. A number of hemp businesses around the state have said they’re against it fearing it could put them out of business.
Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline (R) visited Harrisonburg on Thursday. He made the trip to Pleasant Valley Elementary School to read to students there for Read Across America Day. While Cline was in town WHSV spoke with him about his co-sponsoring of the reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act.
Prior to the end of the Virginia General Assembly Session last weekend the House and Senate passed a major bi-partisan energy bill that should lead to lower electric bills for Dominion Energy customers. The bill changes how state regulators set and oversee Dominion’s rates and profit margin.
Last week on his weekly Facebook Live Show Conservative Conversations with Jim Vice Mayor Jim Wood referred to Buttigieg as ‘Pete Buttplug’ while discussing the train derailment in Ohio. Some in Waynesboro who commented on Facebook took offense to the comment citing it as a homophobic slur since Buttigieg is an openly gay man.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Governor’s Fellows Program. The Governor’s Fellows Program is a prestigious opportunity for rising seniors and recent graduates to get a firsthand look at the executive branch in action.
On Wednesday Virginia U.S. Senator Tim Kaine joined 13 of his Democratic colleagues in the Senate to introduce a resolution condemning the Fair Tax Act of 2023 plan from House Republicans. The bill would impose a national sales tax of 23% on nearly all goods and services.
On Monday the Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that would make it easier for refugees and immigrants to enter the nursing field. The bill aims to help address Virginia’s nursing shortage. Church World Service Harrisonburg had been advocating for the passage of House Bill 2211 which would make it easier to provide licensure to foreign nurses.
A Senate bill would make it a felony to buy, sell or offer for a sale a catalytic converter that is separated from a vehicle, unless certain conditions are met.
Congressman Ben Cline announced that he has been appointed to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration for the 118th Congress.
Virginia Senate Bill 1246 would make them eligible to receive federal funding like American Rescue Plan money which could only be given to essential services organizations.
Congressmen Ben Cline, a Republican who represents Virginia’s Sixth District containing the Shenandoah Valley, has been appointed to a leadership role on the Republican Study Committee. Cline will chair the committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force.
The Jan. 10, Special Election in Augusta County is to fill a vacated seat bound by the pre-2022 Election District Lines, and voting is eligible based on pre-2022 polling locations.
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