Tired of Big Trucks Parking on Our Public Roads, Blocking Your View and Creating Safety Hazards? Use the NEW Parking Reporter Tool!
More and more lately, we are seeing our public streets littered with illegally parked commercial vehicles like large box trucks, dump trucks and tractor trailers. Not only is this a safety hazard, it’s intrusive to our neighborhoods, blocks our businesses and limits walkability, while diminishing the sense of community we are striving to create.
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Merry Christmas
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“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
Bright New Beginnings for 2025
Our budget challenges this year are driven by continuing needs to keep our highly rated schools funded. Schools are seeing increased needs that are not being met by the state, as was recently highlighted in a state study identifying that we should receive at least $600M more from Virginia.
Breaking: Water Emergency in Richmond!
By Monday afternoon, the City of Richmond was under a boil water advisory, and many residents and businesses throughout the central Virginia region began experiencing low water pressure or weren’t receiving water at all.
My 2025 Legislative Updates
Our first full week in session started off with a flurry of snowflakes and bills. The Virginia Senate Privileges and Elections Committee reported out my Marriage Equality Constitutional Amendment with bipartisan support (SJ 249).
The Home Stretch
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Standing with Federal Workers
There are 145,000 civilian federal employees in Virginia and more than $106 billion in federal contracts in our state.
Blockchain Tech Offers Economic Diversity Opportunity for Fairfax
The Trump Administration's reckless actions to fire and force out dedicated federal workers, freeze or cancel federal contracts, and impose senseless tariffs that raise costs for American families, are already having a negative impact on our local and regional economy.
Credit Union Should Prioritize Workers
On June 30, Navy Federal Credit Union is planning to replace their current union cleaning contractor with a non-union company at their Vienna, VA headquarters. The impact of their decision could not be more profound for the 61 office cleaners who will either lose their jobs altogether or be forced to reapply for their own position, but with no guarantee of the benefits, employer-paid health care, raises, and protections they were provided under a union contract.