Mapmaking Politics
Legislative Black Caucus leads effort to undermine redistricting amendment.
Virginia has a horrible history with racial gerrymandering. It started with the ratification of the Constitution, an effort led by Virginians who wanted to count slaves as three-fifths of a person so representation in the south wouldn’t suffer because so many of its inhabitants were non-voting enslaved people. It continued all the way to 2011, when the Republican leaders engaged in a scheme of packing black voters into House districts to dilute their influence elsewhere, a plan the United States Supreme Court later determined was unconstitutional. Now members of the Legislative Black Caucus are worried a proposed amendment might enshrine racial gerrymandering into the Virginia Constitution.
Fairfax County Launches JET Task Force
Joint Environmental Task Force addressing climate change and environmental sustainability.
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C-PACE Comes to Fairfax County
Commercial property owners can make energy and resiliency improvements to their buildings and sites with little or no up-front cost in Fairfax County.
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Protecting Virginia Youth from Human Trafficking
General Assembly passes bills to combat human trafficking of minors.
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Black History for a New Generation
Lessons on the contributions of African Americans not limited to February.
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