Jim Lokay

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Local news guy @ Fox 5 • Pittsburgh-area native • Bostonian emeritus

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A social media post promoting Glenn Beck‘s appearance of the great American State fair. He is red faced, and has a shirt tucked into a $495 Ralph Lauren belt
Survey: 2 in 5 DC restaurants to close this year The survey, by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, said “44% of D.C.’s full-service casual restaurants say they are likely to close in 2025 (11% very likely, 33% somewhat likely) as rising costs and tipped wage increases outpace revenue.” The survey found higher costs, falling sales and widespread federal job cuts are reportedly to blame.
BREAKING: Governor Spanberger Does Not Sign Tax Bills the General Assembly Never Passed RICHMOND, VA — Hours before the 11:59pm deadline for her action on the more than 1,000 bills passed by the General Assembly, Governor Abigail Spanberger did not sign dozens of tax bills into law — because the General Assembly never passed them, and the bills never reached her desk. For more information about how a bill becomes a law, click here. The following bills died in the General Assembly on February 18, 2026, when the legislation did not get sent to the opposite chamber for consideration because the bills did not pass — or even come up for a vote — in their chamber of origin. The 2026 General Assembly Session ended on March 14, 2026. · HB978, HB900, SB730 — State sales tax expansion to include several or all of the services listed below: · Gym membership · Storage facility use · Dog walking · Dog grooming · Counseling · Vehicle repair · Home repair · Dry cleaning · Cosmetic services · Software application service · Computer-related services · Website hosting and design · Data storage, and · Digital subscription services · HB243 — Tax on large employers · HB378 — Investment income tax on individuals, trusts, and estates · HB1179, SB638: · Regional sales and use tax for certain localities · Tax on transportation network companies (i.e. Uber/Lyft) · Tax on retail deliveries (i.e. DoorDash/Uber Eats) · Tax on regional commercial parking · HB919, SB763 — Tax on firearms and ammunitions sales The Office of the Governor does not typically comment on bills that failed to pass the General Assembly. In this case, the volume of misinformation — spread across social media and repeated in press coverage — made a clarification necessary. The facts are straightforward.