Youngkin visits a business in Henrico with bipartisan legislators
Who will replace Jones in the House?
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Executive Moves
Governor Ralph Northam is scheduled to make an announcement at CoStar this morning at 9 am.
The governor and First Lady Northam are attending a Children's Cabinet meeting at 10 am.
Protect Abortion Rights? Virginia Democrats’ Vacation Plans Get in the Way. - NYT
By Reid J. Epstein and Lisa Lerer
Democrats have less than a month left controlling Virginia before Republicans take over the House of Delegates and the governor’s mansion. With the clock ticking, many in the party want to seize what they see as a fleeting opportunity: protecting abortion rights by codifying them into state law. But Democratic leaders in the State Senate have dismissed the idea — and not on policy grounds or over concerns about political messaging. Several of the chamber’s members don’t want to change their vacation plans.
“They’re not going to be able to get back; flights are booked this time of year,” the majority leader, Richard L. Saslaw, said in an interview from California, where he was en route to the Aloha State.
In today’s newsletter:
Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin joined a Republican state senator and a Democratic delegate for an event in Henrico on Thursday to discuss small businesses.
A Democrat is strongly considering running to fill Jay Jones’ seat in the House of Delegates.
Sources close to Jones also provided Virginia Scope with some insight on who the resigning delegate would like to see replace him.
A Former Virginia state House Speaker endorsed Bryce Reeves in VA-10
A look at how truckers are battling labor shortages