Capitol Square is busy in spurts today. Lawmakers and their staffs reacquaint themselves with the General Assembly Building, but it’s still sparse. Then, at Mr. Jefferson’s capitol, a herd of pages noisily rumble by, interrupting a tour. Outside it’s cold, but not bad, … Read more>

Yesterday, the Republican Caucus in the House of Delegates elected Delegate Kirk Cox (R-66, Colonial Heights) to majority leader and Delegate Bill Janis (R-56, Henrico) to majority whip. The election was necessary (see Washington Post Virginia Politics Blog)… Read more>

The Family Foundation is preparing for the upcoming General Assembly session, which means we currently are in search of student interns and pages who can assist our legislative team in our advocacy work at the capitol. Both our intern and page programs … Read more>

Shhhh . . . don’t tell Kent Willis over at the ACLU, but some mixing of church and state is going on right before our very eyes!

Leading up to the National Day of Prayer this Thursday, our friends at … Read more>

The first committee meeting on one of our priority bills was this morning in the House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee. The bill in question is HB 393, which would put only the slightest regulations on the very unregulated … Read more>

Those coming to Richmond for the inaugural festivities, or those who may already be here, are in for a treat. The weather, after weeks of uncomfortably, and unlikely, cold temperatures, has returned to normal on cue, as if to say, … Read more>

In 2009, we achieved some of the biggest accomplishments since our inception. Winning Matters was a very successful voter education campaign, and we enjoyed the largest Gala attendance in Family Foundation history with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as our … Read more>

No matter how much I, you, we disagree with certain legislators, we — activists, lobbyists, policy people — still must work together with them. Where we work with them is in the General Assembly Building, where relationships are built that every … Read more>

This Thursday is the official lobby day for Planned Parenthood. If history repeats itself, this leading provider of abortion will bring hundreds of people to the capitol to ask our law makers to turn a blind eye to the abortion industry. … Read more>

I was on the third floor of the GAB within the last hour or so, waiting to see a certain senator. Talking with his administrative assistant, she unleashed some startling news, information which one normally gets in advance of trips abroad, … Read more>