This week’s edition of my Richmond Report is really coming to you from Richmond this month. The House of Delegates convened for our “short” 46-day session last week. With one full week behind us, things are starting to ramp up. A 46-day session means each chamber only has three weeks […]

By Maggie Sacra Every year pundits and partisans lament how this year is the “Most Important Election We’ve Had” in 10 years, a generation or a lifetime. This is especially true in Virginia where we have elections yearly. In 2017, we saw the beginning of a Blue Wave with a […]

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), commonly known as drones, are increasingly popular in our community, even though restricted from flying in much of Northern Virginia’s airspace due to the proximity of major airports and military airfields. Drones may not be flown legally anywhere in Mason District because of the federal 15-mile […]

The 2019 Virginia Legislative session began at noon on Wednesday. There are a number of highly consequential decisions we will take up during this session, including moving forward on the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the constitution, voting rights, the environment and education. Many key decisions follow from […]

Herewith some evidence from our county that women in the workforce value networking. And that slogans like “lean in” and “having it all” work better in theory than they do when the rat-race rubber meets the road. I recently discussed the teetering “Lean In” movement launched by Facebook heavy Sheryl […]

The abomination that currently occupies the White House is doing more than any other foreign agent to wreak havoc in the U.S. and destabilize some of the nation’s most historically stable institutions. The current federal government shutdown is solely his doing, an extension of his relentlessly hateful campaign to punish […]