by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 28.
- Tanker disaster in East China Sea could be world’s worst oil spill in 35 years (“Oil will continue to spread for months, potentially threatening Japan and South Korea.” We need to get off of fossil fuels ASAP for so many reasons…)
- ‘It’s a Massacre’: Kabul Blast Deepens Toll of Long War (“At least 95 were killed and 158 others were wounded when a car bomber drove an ambulance past two checkpoints and detonated explosives.”)
- Steve Wynn Is a Shining Example of Republican Hypocrisy
- RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations
- The GOP finally released a statement on Steve Wynn — and it’s pathetic (“It’s 12 words long.”)
- Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department
- ‘He has to be normal’: Trump’s State of the Union aims for unity after a polarizing year (“Facing a grim midterm election outlook for his party, the president plans to focus on selling agenda items with a bipartisan touch.”)
- As George W. Bush on ‘S.N.L.,’ Will Ferrell Wants to Remind You: ‘I Was Really Bad’
- Local Democrats warn DNC: Cash crunch threatens November gains (“State and local party officials worry they’re too broke to ride the anticipated 2018 wave.”)
- Editorial: Are Corporate Tax Cuts Raising Pay? Yes, for Bosses
- Facebook Only Cares About Facebook (“Whatever Mark Zuckerberg says about human community or his legacy, his company is acting in its own interests—and against the public good.”)
- Marco Rubio returns to DC from Florida to fire chief of staff over ‘allegations of improper conduct’
- Felony disenfranchisement bars millions from voting. That might be about to change.
- Koch network charts ambitious course for 2018
- What’s at stake in utility rate debate (“Another group of lawmakers of both parties are pushing a straightforward repeal of the 2015 law and a return to SCC oversight under the previous system, though a Senate measure that would accomplish that has already been killed in committee. And many of them are asking the commission to analyze the legislation and report back to the General Assembly ‘as soon as practical.'”)
- Del. Lashrecse Aird: General Assembly must use care and knowledge to fix 2015 rate freeze (Correct!)
- Toscano and Deeds’ fixes to Affordable Care Act stall in Richmond
- Poised to make history, Justin Fairfax got a powerful reminder of his own heritage
- Democratic Candidates for 5th District Discuss Hot-Button Topics at Forum
- Editorial: Schools in rural Virginia are separate and unequal
- Paul Goldman and Mark J. Rozell: Virginia’s constitutional bar to educational equality
- Virginia ABC looks for room to grow as it nears $1 billion in sales
- Editorial: The king that will change the region’s future (“EACH WEEK, something new brings into sharper focus the threat to Hampton Roads posed by rising sea levels.”)
- Rain showers today, light snow possible Monday night, as winter returns
