by VAJD | Apr 19, 2023 | Endorsed Candidates, Issues, Legislature, Uncategorized
This legislative session was not one where we saw any major progressive victories. The republicans, at the behest of the Youngkin Administration, remain hellbent on importing extremist Floridian ideologies and keeping fringe issues at the center of Virginia politics...
by David Pratt | Feb 11, 2020 | Legislature
The Virginia General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, chaired by Del. Luke Torian, has revealed itself to be a “slaughterhouse committee” where bills are sent to be killed that the leadership does not want to see move forward, even if these bills have passed the...
by VAJD | Jan 12, 2020 | Legislature
While there are many examples statewide of corporations and their political enablers putting profit over people, few so blatantly exemplify this crisis at a local level than what is happening in Richmond around Navy Hill. Dominion Energy’s ‘Navy Hill’ proposal steals...
by VAJD | Dec 22, 2019 | Legislature
Virginia Needs a New Way It’s time to build a new Democratic majority, one that puts people ahead of corporate money and influence. Virginia Justice Democrats envisions building this New Way by advocating for social, racial, economic and environmental justice in our...
by VAJD | Dec 21, 2019 | Legislature
When the Republicans controlled the Virginia House and Senate, they packed committees disproportionately to their slim majorities. Republican committee chairs wielded their power to control the legislative agenda and kill bills in committee rather than allow bills to...
by VAJD | Nov 30, 2019 | Legislature
Dear Speaker-Elect: Congratulations on becoming Virginia’s first woman Speaker of the House! This year has been historic and we are excited to see what the new leadership can do to improve criminal justice reform in our state. The NAACP, along with many other groups,...
