Photos: Virginia Union University’s Founder's Day; Virginia Colleges May Livestream Meetings; Scott TeleTown Hall
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Virginia Colleges May be Forced to Livestream Meetings
By Nathaniel Cline for the Virginia Mercury. Virginia’s public colleges and universities could soon be required to livestream their Board of Visitors meetings, ensuring real-time access for the public. The proposal, which passed the House and is now headed to the Senate, aims to increase transparency in higher education governance.
House Bill 2452, sponsored by Del. Keith Hodges, R-Middlesex, builds on a 2021 effort requiring public institutions to disclose certain information. If passed, the bill mandates that all baccalaureate public institutions in Virginia not only livestream their board meetings but also archive the recordings for public access. Hodges said a reenactment of the legislation will be reviewed to ensure the initiative’s feasibility next year.
“The goal is to ensure that decisions made using public funds are conducted openly, allowing for the public to hold these institutions really accountable for their actions, and we can see really what’s going on,” Hodges said during a Jan. 27 subcommittee hearing. READ ENTIRE
Trump Chaos: Question from Rep. Scott TeleTown Hall
On Feb. 6, Congressman Bobby Scott held a tele-town hall on the chaos and confusion caused by President Trump and Elon Musk, less than 20 days in office. Del. Michael Feggans joined to discuss Speaker Don Scott’s new emergency committee to look at the impact of Trump’s decisions on the federal workforce and Virginia’s economy. Constituents from Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Newport News and Hampton called in.
The questionnaires asked Trump’s threat to close the Department of Education and how that would impact Head Start and Title I funding, Trump’s abrupt firing of former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, threats to low income housing tax credits and Section 8 funding, threats to Social Security and the suspicious federal buyout offer. An often asked question constituents asked: What do you want us to do? Advocacy orgs on the left are just beginning to get get organized on Mobilize and elsewhere.
During his first week in office Trump fired 17 inspector generals whose job it is to oversee corruption and ethics. Trump has also fired a number of FBI agents.
PHOTOS: Virginia Union Founder’s Day
Photos by Paulette Shipman Singleton 📸 Yesterday, Virginia Union University celebrated their 160th Founder’s Day.
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