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Governor Youngkin Celebrates Virginia’s Release of Broadband Plans

By Old Dominion News Report | Sep 5, 2023

Virginia is first in nation to release plans to access federal broadband funding allocation

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Warner & Kaine Applaud Over $3.5 Million in Federal Funding to Improve Water Infrastructure in Wise County

By Old Dominion News Report | Sep 2, 2023

On August 28, 2023, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine applauded $3,586,000 in federal funding for the Wise County Public Service Authority to improve the county’s water system.

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Fairfax County set to begin distributing cash benefits through guaranteed income pilot program

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 30, 2023

On Aug. 25, Fairfax County launched a pilot program, extending a monthly cash benefit of $750 to qualifying families, joining a broader trend of governmental efforts to provide direct economic assistance. The program seeks to alleviate financial challenges while also sparking discussions about maintaining fiscal responsibility within government spending.

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Warner & Kaine Announce $1.4 Million in Federal Funding to Expand Access to Mental Health Care in Virginia

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 29, 2023

On August 25, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $1,398,428 in federal funding for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to expand access to mental health care in Virginia

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Attorney General Miyares Stops Illegal THC Sales in Blackstone

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 29, 2023

Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that enforcement actions have been taken against Blackstone Tobacco & Vape, Inc. (Blackstone Tobacco), a Blacksburg, Virginia-based store, after it allegedly sold illegal products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) without child-resistant packaging or labeling and sold THC edibles to an underage consumer in violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (VCPA).

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Virginia Launches Annual DUI Enforcement and Public Education Campaign: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 29, 2023

On August 28, Virginia launches its 2023 Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement and public education campaign.

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Warner & Crapo Applaud USDA Proposal on Horse Soring

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 22, 2023

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID), sponsors of the bipartisan Prevent All Soring Tactics (PAST) Act, today applauded a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to strengthen Horse Protection Act (HPA) requirements, issuing the following statement:

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Attorney General Miyares Leads 42 State Bipartisan Coalition Urging SCOTUS To Protect Veterans' Rights

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 22, 2023

ttorney General Jason Miyares today led a bipartisan coalition of the attorneys general of 40 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin Announces Significant Gains in Employment and Labor Force

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 22, 2023

Virginia Sees Highest Labor Force Participation Rate in More Than a Decade, Largest Year-Over-Year Growth in Nearly 45 Years

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Warner, Kaine, & Beyer Statement on Line of Duty Benefits for Virginian Officer Jeffrey Smith’s Family

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 22, 2023

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) designated the death of D.C. police officer and Northern Virginia resident Jeffrey Smith as a line of duty death

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Warner & Kaine Celebrate One Year Anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act Becoming Law

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 17, 2023

On August 16, 2023, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine celebrated the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act becoming law.

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Governor Youngkin Announces Over $52 Million in Affordable and Special Needs Housing Loans

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 17, 2023

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced today $52,224,544 in Affordable and Special Needs Housing (ASNH) loans for 49 projects across the Commonwealth.

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Warner Presses AI Companies to Stop Promoting Eating Disorders

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 17, 2023

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today urged CEOs of several prominent artificial intelligence (AI) companies to address reports that their chatbots are easily exploited to provide detailed instructions that promote eating disorders.

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Attorney General Miyares Secures Three Indictments of Unemployment Compensation Fraud

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 17, 2023

Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced that his office has produced three additional indictments of unemployment compensation fraud.

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Attorney General Miyares Urges Congress to Pass G.U.A.R.D. VA Benefits Act

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 10, 2023

Attorney General Jason Miyares today joined a 44-state bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in issuing a letter to congressional leaders expressing support for the passage of legislative proposals included in the Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (G.U.A.R.D.) Veterans Affairs (VA) Benefits Act.

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Kaine, Cardin, Wittman, & Chesapeake Bay Colleagues Introduce Bicameral Legislation to Help Farmers Reduce Pollution, Cut Costs and Increase Resilience

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 9, 2023

U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Mark Warner (D-A) joined U.S. Representatives Rob Wittman (R-VA-1), John Sarbanes (D-MD-3), Bobby Scott (D-VA-3) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-7), Co-Chairs of the House Chesapeake Bay Task Force, to introduce a legislative package aimed at tackling the largest source of pollution to the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin Sets Special Election for Virginia’s 6th House District

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 7, 2023

Governor Glenn Youngkin today issued a writ of election declaring a special election in Virginia’s 6th House District for August 29, 2023.

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Kaine on Senate Floor to Tuberville: Stop Punishing Servicemembers and Their Families

By Old Dominion News Report | Aug 1, 2023

On July 27, 2023, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in objection to U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) reckless blockade of military promotions in protest of a Pentagon policy that grants health leave and travel reimbursement for military personnel who cannot obtain reproductive health care in the state where they are stationed.

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Twitter Email Print Warner, Fischer Lead Bipartisan Reintroduction of Legislation to Ban Manipulative 'Dark Patterns'

By Old Dominion News Report | Jul 31, 2023

This week, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), joined by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and John Thune (R-SD), introduced the Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction (DETOUR) Act to prohibit large online platforms from using deceptive user interfaces, known as “dark patterns,” to trick consumers into handing over their personal data.

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Governor Glenn Youngkin Praises Unanimous Vote to Establish First Lab School in Virginia

By Old Dominion News Report | Jul 31, 2023

The Virginia Board of Education today approved the Commonwealth’s first lab school. Since announcing his run for office, Governor Youngkin has made lab schools a top priority in his legislative agenda and called on the General Assembly to allocate funding for new lab schools.