This week, your hosts, Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill, discuss the latest news from Virginia's 2024 legislative session, namely bills that Governor Youngkin has signed, vetoed, and not taken action on.

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This week, your hosts, Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill discuss the latest news from Virginia's 2024 legislative session and preview Super Tuesday.

Virginia Voter Information:

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/casting-a-ballot/calendars-schedules/upcoming-elections.html

Axios: Rep. Richie Torres Out From Congressional Progressive Caucus

https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/progressive-caucus-ritchie-torres-israel

Marijuana Moment: Virginia GOP Governor Still Doesn’t Have ‘Any Interest’ In Signing Marijuana Sales Bill As Democratic Legislature Approves Plan

https://www.marijuanamoment.net/virginia-gop-governor-still-doesnt-have-any-interest-in-signing-marijuana-sales-bill-as-democratic-legislature-approves-plan/

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This week, your hosts, Victoria Snitsar Churchill and Jacki Garry, welcome their first-ever GUEST on the show, fellow 2023 Sorensen Emerging Leader’s Program graduate and policy project group member Steven Statzer.

The trio discusses the first week of Virginia's 2024 legislative session, particularly the introduction of their own bill to amend the Standards of Quality metric, which is a key component of Virginia’s current education funding formula, introduced as HB 761.

If you want to learn more about the issues and topics that we discussed on this week’s show, check out the following links:

Our BILL! Introduced by Chief Patron, Delegate Karrie K. Delaney:

HB 761 - Public school funding; certain calculations; certain support services positions. https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB761

About Virginia’s Standards of Quality:

https://www.doe.virginia.gov/data-policy-funding/virginia-board-of-education/virginia-standards-of-quality

JLARC - Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission

https://jlarc.virginia.gov/

Senator Danica Roem and Data Centers in the Cardinal News:

https://cardinalnews.org/2024/01/10/10-things-new-legislators-should-know-about-southwest-and-southside/

Follow Steven on his social media accounts which can be found in his Linktree (https://linktr.ee/stevenstatzerva?) and subscribe to his Substack, A Common(Wealth) Faith. https://substack.com/@acommonwealthfaith/posts

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This week, your hosts, Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill, preview Virginia's 2024 legislative session and discuss major issues that will be up for debate in Richmond starting this week, including the Potomac Yard arena project and Governor Youngkin's "Legacy Budget" .

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This week, your hosts Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill took time to reflect on their Iowa Caucus experiences and discuss Virginia's 2024 voting timelines.

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This week, your hosts Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill took time to provide the audience with an overview of Virginia’s legislative process and review some already introduced bills that they both feel passionately about including HB 2, which is an Assault Weapons Ban, and HB 6 which would provide a path to making permanent daylight savings time in Virginia - with one big caveat.

Your hosts also took time to discuss the news of the week, including the expulsion of Republican Congressman George Santos of New York, Democrat Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania calling for the expulsion of fellow Senate Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey, and how all of this news greatly overshadowed the passing of two notable figures in Sandra Day O’Connor and Henry Kissinger.

Articles and Resources mentioned in this episode:

JLARC - Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission

https://jlarc.virginia.gov/

HB 2

Summary: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB2

Full Bill Text: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB2

HB 2 overview at The Republican Standard:

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB2

HB 6

Summary: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB6

Full Bill Text: https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB6

American Liberty News article on Fetterman, Menendez, and Santos:

https://americanliberty.news/capitol-hill/fetterman-urges-senators-expulsion-again/njackson/2023/12/

Tweet / X post on Republicans liking “Fetterman 2.0”

https://x.com/Mar__G_3/status/1730667271339581759?s=20

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This week, join hosts Jacki Garry and Victoria Snitsar Churchill to learn more about their career journeys.

Welcome to the first-ever episode of Commonwealth Ground, a new bipartisan Virginia political podcast featuring two young strategists.

In this week's episode, get to know your hosts Jacki and Victoria and recap the 2023 Virginia Elections from earlier this month with us.