Commonwealth Ground

Victoria Snitsar Churchill and Jacki Garry

A weekly podcast with bipartisan hosts trying to inject some humanity into our politics. Covering the Commonwealth of Virginia, and beyond.

Episodes

  1. 01/15/2024

    Virginia Legislature 2024 Week One Recap & Education Funding Deep Dive with Steven Statzer

    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 Connect with the show on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commonwealthground/ X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CGPodcastVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553308716003 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthGround LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonwealth-ground/ Email us at commonwealthground@gmail.com

    Virginia Legislature 2024 Week One Recap & Education Funding Deep Dive with Steven Statzer
  2. 12/04/2023

    First Look at Virginia’s 2024 Bills, George Santos, John Fetterman and More

    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 Connect with us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commonwealthground/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/CGPodcastVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553308716003 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthGround LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/commonwealth-ground/

    First Look at Virginia’s 2024 Bills, George Santos, John Fetterman and More

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A weekly podcast with bipartisan hosts trying to inject some humanity into our politics. Covering the Commonwealth of Virginia, and beyond.