• Newsletters
  • Support Us
  • Home
  • Topics
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Education
    • Weather
    • Opinion
    • Sports
    • News Briefs
  • Projects
    • Election Information
    • Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
    • Virginia Migration Trends
    • Southwest Virginia Flooding
  • About us
    • About us
    • Staff and board
    • FAQs
    • Privacy policy
    • How we’re funded
    • Careers
  • Events calendar
  • Sponsorships
  • Contact us
  • My account
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
Skip to content
Cardinal News

Cardinal News

Serving Southwest and Southside Virginia

  • Newsletters
  • Support Us
Newsletters
  • Home
  • Topics
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Education
    • Weather
    • Opinion
    • Sports
    • News Briefs
  • Projects
    • Election Information
    • Small Modular Nuclear Reactor
    • Virginia Migration Trends
    • Southwest Virginia Flooding
  • About us
    • About us
    • Staff and board
    • FAQs
    • Privacy policy
    • How we’re funded
    • Careers
  • Events calendar
  • Sponsorships
  • Contact us
  • My account

Politics

Posted inPolitics

Game over?

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Virginia’s Redistricting Commission hits a dead end after Democratic co-chair throws the towel.

Posted inPolitics

Uncharted territory

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt October 8, 2021October 8, 2021

Why new legislative maps could spark legal trouble for Nov. 2 House of Delegates elections.

Posted inPolitics

Alone together

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

Southside residents tell Virginia Redistricting Commission why they won’t support drastic changes to their legislative districts.

Posted inPolitics

Southwest Virginia is ‘not an afterthought’

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Virginia Redistricting Commission hears public comments from Southwest residents

Posted inPolitics

Redistricting commission risks violating constitution, attorney warns

by Leah Small October 1, 2021October 2, 2021

The commission is deadlocked on how to draw new maps for the General Assembly.

Posted inPolitics

Southwest and Southside will lose two House seats under new plans

by Leah Small September 30, 2021October 2, 2021

Both parties have new redistricting maps. The question isn’t whether seats will be lost, but whose and where.

Posted inPolitics

Southwest and Southside would benefit most from child tax credit expansion

Avatar photo by Cardinal Staff September 30, 2021September 30, 2021

Here are the localities in Virginia with the highest percentage of children who would benefit.

Posted inPolitics

A single state Senate district for the Roanoke Valley? Commission can’t decide.

by Leah Small September 28, 2021October 2, 2021

The redistricting commission can’t decide whether to keep Roanoke and Roanoke County separate or combined in a single state Senate district.

Posted inPolitics

VA West urges Congress to vote against Biden’s tax plan

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

VA West, the largest coalition of small businesses in Southwest Virginia, is urging lawmakers to vote against a proposed increase of the corporate tax rate.

Posted inPolitics

Back to the drawing board

Markus Schmidt by Markus Schmidt September 27, 2021January 26, 2022

Districts that are already big will have to become bigger.

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 … 32 33 34 35 Older posts

Sponsor a newsletter

cardinalSupport Cardinal News and connect with more than 14,000 of our most engaged readers by sponsoring a Cardinal News newsletter.

Become a sponsor today.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

Sections

  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Opinion
  • News Briefs
  • Culture

About Cardinal News

  • Staff and board
  • How we’re funded
  • Privacy Policy
  • FAQs
  • Contact us
  • Careers
  • My account
© 2023 Cardinal News. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic Privacy Policy