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Feb 11, 2025

Kaine, Warner want answers from FAA about possible Musk intervention

In the wake of the fatal Washington, D.C., collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an airplane, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, along with other Democratic lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia, want assurance that leaders at the Federal Aviation Administration will notify Congress if billionaire Elon Musk directs the agency to take any […]

Jan 29, 2025

Kaine, Warner respond to Trump White House rescinding spending freeze memo

The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded a controversial memo issued Monday that froze spending on more than $3 trillion in federal financial assistance, including grants and loans backing economic development and infrastructure projects across the nation. In the two-sentence memo issued Wednesday, Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the Office of  Management and […]

The post office at 1801 Brook Road in Richmond. Photo by Brodie Greene/VCU Capital News Service
Nov 22, 2024

Virginia mail service improves; second Trump push to privatize USPS ‘unlikely’

U.S. Postal Service operations have continued to improve, but a bipartisan coalition of state leaders say more work is needed to get the service to a level Virginians deserve. Virginia was ranked at the bottom for on-time mail delivery in October 2023, at the start of the federal government’s fiscal year. Just over 66% of […]

Sep 29, 2024

The bottom of the ballot

Congressional races don’t get the big spotlight in presidential election years, but the bottom of the ballot is still important, as presidents need some legislative cooperation to get things done. In Virginia, two-term Democratic U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is seeking reelection against Republican challenger Hung Cao, a retired U.S. Navy captain. All 11 of Virginia’s […]

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine attended a Dec. 7, 2023, event announcing $729 million in federal transportation funding for projects including completing the new Long Bridge across the Potomac River. Photo courtesy Office of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.
Dec 7, 2023

$729M federal transportation package will finish Long Bridge expansion

The most significant rail choke point on the East Coast will be fixed as part of a $729 million federal funding package for transportation projects in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday at an event in Arlington County also attended by a […]

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