State government reporter with the Virginian-Pilot. Send me tips and/or book recommendations!
Richmond, VA
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today's reporting side quest: @vaELECT appears to have published a test campaign finance report. their committee's primary financial institution is "bankity bank bank." seems like the donations are in good hands with treasurer Moe Money and principal custodian Joe Da Bookie.
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A little #sunshineweek reporting on what happens when you ask 7 different city governments for the same public records. Some handed over the info for free, others wanted to charge $38,000. pilotonline.com/2026/03/20/s…
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Good morning #valeg - it was a pleasure to join @MichaelLeePope @KateSeltzer and @CamThompsonCBS6 for an episode of The Pressroome via @vpapupdates
Listen 👉spotify.link/zDZ3GIpvCXb
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Sooo, I went shooting with @winwithwinsome and spoke with @SpanbergerForVA in an effort to break down what could make or break their campaigns: trans rights and campaign enthusiasm. #VALeg
Full coverage below 👇
NEW from me: Virginia's candidates for governor on guns, trans issues and campaign enthusiasm #VAGov #VALeg
@winwithwinsome @SpanbergerForVA @GlennYoungkin @EqualityVA @TFFVA
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Al Jazeera: "The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza." cnn.com/2025/08/10/middleeas…
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“Basically, this is just putting the weather on steroids,” he continued. “So a flood that would’ve happened anyway is probably gonna be worse.”
A related story from last week virginiascope.com/as-ai-boom…
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Thank goodness 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/3Vn…
Ran out of Virginia Press Room podcast episodes to catch up on and now my life is devoid of meaning @MichaelLeePope
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NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz.
The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site
We're publishing the list here:
miamiherald.com/news/local/i…
In April, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced that 521 "criminal illegal immigrants" had been arrested through the Virginia Homeland Security Task Force. (1)
also in today's paper, @nat_m_anderson has this look how Hampton Roads sheriffs offices are working with ICE: pilotonline.com/2025/07/13/h…