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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine spoke April 30, 2025 on the Senate floor. Photo courtesy Office of Tim Kaine
May 1, 2025

Senate blocks Kaine-sponsored bid to stop Trump’s tariffs

Senate Republicans block a resolution cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine to halt Trump’s global tariffs, highlighting GOP divides and rising economic concerns.

Officials break ground on New River Valley Rail Project. Image Courtesy Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
Apr 24, 2025

$264.5M New River rail project gets underway

Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Sen. Tim Kaine and other officials on Thursday broke ground on the long-awaited New River Valley Rail Project in Christiansburg, which will return passenger service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.

Mar 31, 2025

Out and About – April 2025

  1. On March 10, U.S. Sen. Mark Warner rode the Metro with Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority CEO Randy Clarke to discuss the impact of government funding on the transit system and other topics. (Photo courtesy Sen. Warner‘s office) 2. U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Virginia Tech President […]

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, and Sen. Mark R. Warner, D-Va., confer as the Senate Budget Committee works on the markup of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Resolution, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Mar 27, 2025

Canada is not our enemy, Kaine says

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia’s junior Democratic senator, feels strongly that Canada doesn’t pose a national security threat to the United States — a contrast to President Donald Trump, who has threatened the Great White North with tariffs as retaliation for what he says are insufficient efforts at keeping drugs from coming across its border. […]

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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 […]

Micron to invest $2.17B in Manassas expansion
Jan 28, 2025

Trump’s pause on $3T in federal funding could impact Va.

Update, 7:30 p.m. A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump‘s freeze on federal spending until at least Feb. 3, but the White House did not immediately respond to the judicial order. On Monday, Trump ordered a freeze on more than $3 trillion in federal financial assistance, including grants and loans backing economic development and […]

Micron expects to expand Manassas facility soon
Dec 10, 2024

Micron gets $275M in federal funding for Manassas expansion

Micron Technology is set to receive up to $275 million in federal funding to expand its manufacturing plant in Manassas, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Commerce has signed a preliminary, nonbinding agreement for the funding as part of the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, legislation Warner co-wrote. […]

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 […]

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine made the case for the FBI headquarters to move to Virginia in a March 9 meeting with U.S. General Services Administration officials. Photo courtesy office of U.S. Sen. Mark Warner
May 30, 2023

Poll: Nation thinks NoVa should get FBI HQ

Nearly two-thirds of surveyed voters think a new FBI headquarters to replace the agency’s crumbling Washington, D.C., home should be built in Virginia. That’s according to a national survey released in late April by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce. More than a decade in the works, the move is being handled by the U.S. General […]

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