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Amazon has joined the chorus of corporate leaders attacking Georgia’s election law by calling on states to “follow Virginia’s leadership,” instead. According to Amazon spokesperson and former Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney, “efforts to disenfranchise black people and other minorities continue to this day.”

The city of Charlottesville, Virginia, is allowed to remove two statues of Confederate generals, including one of Robert E. Lee, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday.

Former NASCAR drivers Elliott and Hermie Sadler on Thursday came out in support of Virginia Del. Kirk Cox in the race for the Republican nomination to replace Gov. Ralph Northam (D), who is term-limited and unable to seek reelection.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin encouraged his colleagues at the Carlyle Group to donate to three organizations that promote “social justice,” including the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), according to a public letter he wrote last May.

Former Virginia House Speaker Kirk Cox, who is running for governor, is denouncing both Gov. Ralph Northam and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe after Northam staffers and a McAuliffe appointee became entangled in the state’s ongoing parole board controversy.

Special victims detectives from Chesterfield County, Virginia, arrested 20 suspects who they believed were soliciting sex from minors via social media and the internet.

Democrat Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is slated to sign historic legislation Wednesday that would abolish the death penalty in the state.

An anonymous text message containing deceptive information about Virginia gubernatorial candidate Pete Snyder was blasted to voters’ phones Friday with less than two months to go until the state’s nominating convention to select a Republican candidate for governor.

Virginia Republican Pete Snyder is launching an ad campaign Thursday targeting illegal immigration, making him the first candidate of the Republican frontrunners in the state’s gubernatorial race to campaign on the issue.

A Congressional Budgeting Office (CBO) report found that the legislation would “lift some families out of poverty” but “other low-wage workers would become jobless”

Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday he is making a seven-figure investment in launching the political action committee Virginia Wins with the goal of boosting Republican candidates in the state’s upcoming elections at “every level of government.”

The Washington Post published a glowing story about first lady Jill Biden’s unscheduled stop at a black-owned business in Virginia.

A bill to rename “Jefferson Davis Highway” on U.S. Route 1 to “Emancipation Highway” passed the Virginia Senate Thursday in a 30-9 vote.

A Virginia school system has removed children’s books by Dr. Seuss from its annual Read Across America program over charges of “racism.”

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State lawmakers gave final approval Monday to a bill that will end capital punishment in Virginia, a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people in its history than any other.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Snyder discussed reopening schools and saving small businesses on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday.

“I cannot wait to run against Terry McAuliffe,” Youngkin said. “He wants big government, big regulation, he’s inevitably going to drive big taxes, and all of that is going to impose on Virginia in a way that we just can’t even believe.”

Georgia’s rapid “demographic changes” spurred by mass immigration are “transforming” the state from a battleground to a blue state, left-wing activists tell the Washington Post.

E-commerce giant Amazon has unveiled the design of its new Arlington, Virginia HQ2 building, dubbed “the Helix” due to its winding shape that is supposed to take inspiration from “the natural beauty of a double helix.”

Two Republicans announced their campaigns for Virginia Governor, both political outsiders facing the ultimate insider, former Democrat Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Virginia police are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed a Chick-fil-A employee who was working the drive-thru at a Henrico County fast-food joint.

Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) is pushing legislation to mandate background checks for state residents who wish to shoot firearms at a gun range.

The Virginia House Committee on Privileges and Elections approved legislation Wednesday to mandate polling places throughout the state be gun-free zones.

Some school districts in Texas will not livestream Joe Biden’s inauguration in the name of “protecting students from potential unforeseen disruption.”

The Virginia Supreme Court was evacuated Friday amid reports of a possible bomb threat, according to local law enforcement. 

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) released new coronavirus guidance Thursday, as President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration approaches, insisting “schools need to be open.”

A Culpeper, Virginia, community is rallying around a family that lost everything to a house fire on Wednesday, donating more than $4,000 to a GoFundMe as of Monday afternoon.

At least four police officers from across the country were placed on administrative leave for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol riots on Wednesday.

A group of left-wing activists with the organization “ShutDown DC” vandalized and protested outside the home of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), while his wife and newborn child were home alone, to demand he drop his objection to the electoral college vote on January 6.

A grandmother raising five children in Fauquier County, Virginia, no longer has to use pots and pans to catch the rain coming through her ceiling.

A Virginia police department decided to give local foster kids a helping hand this holiday season by donating gift cards for 120 children and young adults.

A UPS driver in Virginia got an emotional thank you recently from more than 100 people who consider him a hero.

“This year, we need to think about what is truly the most important thing. Is it the worship or the building?” Northam said at a press conference. “For me, God is wherever you are. You don’t have to sit in the church pew for God to hear your prayers.”

An 11-year-old’s wish to make sure every deceased veteran laid to rest in Yorktown Cemetery has a wreath for this holiday season will come true.

A charity that collects and distributes toys to needy children in Charlottesville, Virginia, at Christmastime got a huge surprise recently.

Citizens who get pulled over on December 11 by police in Chesapeake, Virginia, are reportedly in for a pleasant surprise.