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State Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for 2025-11-01 ( 17 items )  
At Sears Blacksburg Campaign Stop, Virginians Call Out Sears for Backing Trump's Job Cuts (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * At Sears Blacksburg Campaign Stop, Virginians Call Out Sears for Backing Trump's Job Cuts * BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA - Today in Blacksburg - just four days ahead of Election Day - Virginians called out Winsome Earle-Sears for backing Donald Trump's attacks on Virginia jobs that have been devastating for the Commonwealth. Sears backs Trump's DOGE cuts and has repeatedly downplayed and dismissed t more PR

Bombshell: New Report Links Ghazala Hashmi to Zohran Mamdani and Radical Soros-Funded Network (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Republican Party of Virginia posted the following news: * * * BOMBSHELL: New Report Links Ghazala Hashmi to Zohran Mamdani and Radical Soros-Funded Network A stunning new Fox News investigation has revealed that Democrat Lt. Governor nominee Hidin' Ghazala Hashmi is deeply connected to the same radical, Soros-funded political machine that engineered the rise of New York socialist Zohran Mamdani -- a network that openly supports Hamas, Hezbollah, and anti-Isr more PR

Christopher Newport University: Captains Again Dominate Global Leadership Conference (10)
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- Christopher Newport University issued the following news: * * * Captains Again Dominate Global Leadership Conference CNU teams win gold and silver at overseas event By Kelli Caplan For the third straight year, a team of Captains has won gold in the prestigious International Leadership Association's Student Case Study Competition, rising above teams from across the globe and extending Christopher Newport's victory streak. Three CNU teams competed at the int more PR

DCCC Statement on Virginia's General Assembly Maintaining Option To Level the Midterm Playing Field Against Republican Gerrymandering (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DCCC Statement on Virginia's General Assembly Maintaining Option To Level the Midterm Playing Field Against Republican Gerrymandering * Following today's passage by the Virginia Senate of the redistricting constitutional amendment, DCCC Communications Director Courtney Rice released the following statement: "Today's affirmative vote by the Virginia Senate, following a successful  more PR

Gathering Commemorates First Anniversary of the Radford University's Transfer Agreement (10)
RADFORD, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- Radford University issued the following news release: * * * Gathering commemorates first anniversary of the university's transfer agreement By Neil Harvey In commemorating the first anniversary of Radford University's Tartan Transfer agreement, Felicia Ganther turned to a unique source of inspiration - the producer DJ Khaled and his triple-platinum single from 2010, "All I Do Is Win." Ganther, the Virginia Community College System's senior vice chancellor for ac more PR

Master of Public Health program expands again with concentration in health communication (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Master of Public Health program expands again with concentration in health communication * By Maggie Christ For the third time this year, Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Public Health is expanding its Master of Public Health program - this time, with a degree concentration in health communication. Already in 2025, the school introduced a concentration in health policy, and it an more PR

Navy Federal Credit Union Report Reveals Persistent Misconceptions About VA Loans Among Active Duty and Veterans (10)
VIENNA, Virginia, Nov. 1 (TNSrep) -- The Navy Federal Credit Union issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2025: * * * Navy Federal Credit Union Report Reveals Persistent Misconceptions About VA Loans Among Active Duty and Veterans Navy Federal Credit Union today announced the release of its latest research report, Spotlight on VA Loans, which reveals widespread misconceptions on the benefits and features of VA home loans among Active Duty Servicemembers and Veterans. The report is base more PR

New: Sears' Lt. Gov Schedule Has "Weeks, and in Some Cases, Months, Worth of Blank Pages" (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * New: Sears' Lt. Gov Schedule Has "Weeks, and in Some Cases, Months, Worth of Blank Pages" * VIRGINIA - In an interview on Fox 5's the Final Five, NOTUS reporter Dave Levinthal discusses his breaking story detailing Winsome Earle-Sears' "empty" schedule as Lt. Gov that suggests she "spends long periods not actively working in an official capacity." Dave notes "[...] we're very surprised to se more PR

POLITICO Launches New Polling Partnership With Public First (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Politico issued the following news release: * * * POLITICO Launches New Polling Partnership with Public First Announcement from Senior Executive Editor Alex Burns, Senior Executive Editor Kate Day, Deputy Editor-In-Chief Joe Schatz, and Global Editor-In-Chief John Harris: Team - Not long ago, we embarked on a project to reexamine our approach to political polling. POLITICO has worked with a number of polling partners over the years, mainly in the context of A more PR

POLITICO Launches the Playbook Canada Podcast (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Politico issued the following news release: * * * POLITICO Launches the Playbook Canada Podcast Announcement from Head of News Grace Maalouf, Canada Editor Susan Allan, and Global Vice President of Audio and Video Ben Reininga: Team - We're excited to share another big step in POLITICO's expansion in Canada: the launch of a new weekly podcast from our Ottawa team. The Playbook Canada podcast, hosted by Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric, brings to life the more PR

Radford University Issues Highlander Highlights Wrap Up for the Week of Oct. 27, 2025 (10)
RADFORD, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- Radford University issued the following Highlander Highlights wrap up for the week of Oct. 27, 2025: * * * Highlander Highlights: Week of Oct. 27, 2025 By Pam McCallister Highlander Highlights shares with readers some of the extraordinary accomplishments happening on and off campus through the tireless work and curiosity of our students, faculty, staff and alumni. Rural leadership graduates have ties to Radford Radford University is well represented in the late more PR

University of Richmond Senior Ibrahim Alkaseer Selected as Rhodes Scholar for Fully Funded Postgraduate Study at Oxford (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Nov. 1 -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: * * * University of Richmond Senior Ibrahim Alkaseer Selected as Rhodes Scholar for Fully Funded Postgraduate Study at Oxford Student Scholars The highly competitive Rhodes Scholarship is one of the most prestigious in the world. * Ibrahim Alkaseer, a University of Richmond senior from Damascus, Syria, has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Alkaseer is Richmond's sixth Rhodes Scholar and first since 2006. more PR

VCU and UAlbany earn $6.5M grant to launch a Wellstone muscular dystrophy center (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU and UAlbany earn $6.5M grant to launch a Wellstone muscular dystrophy center * By VCU News staff Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University at Albany have been awarded a $6.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center. Named in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Paul D. Wellstone, a champion more PR

Virginia Tech: Research Shows How Farmers Can Be Left Dry by Rainfall Insurance (10)
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Nov. 1 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * New research shows how farmers can be left dry by rainfall insurance The study reveals how rainfall data choices can make or break insurance payouts for farmers and ranchers. By Melissa Vidmar Somewhere in the vast open stretches of American pastures, a farmer watches storm clouds roll across the horizon. A few miles away, rain pours down, but the farm remains bone dry. Weeks later, the farmer will not more PR

Why VCU is pursuing the acquisition of the Altria Center for Research and Technology (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * Why VCU is pursuing the acquisition of the Altria Center for Research and Technology * By Brian McNeill Virginia Commonwealth University is pursuing the acquisition of the Altria Center for Research and Technology, a 450,000-square-foot facility adjacent to VCU's academic medical center campus that would help meet Virginia's growing demand for health care workers by providing state-of-the-art r more PR

WINSOME, LOSE SOME: The Final Edition (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, Oct. 31 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * WINSOME, LOSE SOME: The Final Edition * VIRGINIA - With less than one week until Election Day, the final edition of Winsome, Lose Some highlights one last "win" for Winsome and her most striking losses throughout the campaign. SETTLING THIS WEEK'S SCORE Winsome's Wins: * Tubeman on the Trail: As Sears has continued on the campaign trail, the "Sears DOGE" tubeman and Virginians have be more PR

WVEC: Protesters Rally Against Healthcare Increases In Front of Rep. Kiggans' Virginia Beach Office (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WVEC: Protesters Rally Against Healthcare Increases In Front of Rep. Kiggans' Virginia Beach Office * Kiggans has fled Washington as Virginians face skyrocketing costs Virginia Congresswoman Jen Kiggans is facing protests from her own constituents as their health care costs are set to skyrocket. Kiggans chose to skip town instead of negotiating to prevent skyrocketing premiums more PR