DOGE

Trump’s Federal Job Cuts Hit Richmond Hard—Spanberger Fights Back Against VA Leaders’ Silence

February 21, 2025
By: Staff Writer

Federal jobs in Virginia are at risk as former President Trump moves forward with deep and rapid cuts to the federal workforce. With over 144,000 federal employees, Virginia ranks third in the nation for federal jobs, and more than 28,000 of those workers are based in the Greater Richmond area. These cuts pose a significant… Read More

Trump DOGE cuts threaten VCU teacher residency program and Youngkin’s signature lab school

February 19, 2025
By: Staff Writer

In cuts to DEI-related programs announced recently, the Trump administration canceled a five-year, ~$9 million federal grant for a teacher residency program at Virginia Commonwealth University, which partners with CodeRVA Regional High School as one of Governor Youngkin’s signature lab schools called VCU X CodeRVA. VCU’s RTR Teacher Residency Program is a proven undergraduate and… Read More

Wittman fails to address constituent questions about Trump-Musk and DOGE

February 19, 2025
By: Staff Writer

About 100 people showed up at the Williamsburg Regional Library on Thursday, hoping to talk to U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman during his scheduled mobile office hours. Concerns ranged from bills currently before the General Assembly to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s running of the federal government. Congressman Wittman (R-01) did not attend, and an… Read More

“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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