Democratic lawmakers send Youngkin minimum wage bill — again (Rappahannock News)

“The minimum wage debate has been one of the more controversial issues in Virginia in the last several years,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor and director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington. “You see significant public support for increasing the minimum wage, but you also see some resistance in the business community to higher minimum wages.”   Democratic lawmakers send Youngkin minimum wage bill — again (Rappahannock News)

Farnsworth Lectures on the Second Trump Presidency

 Professor of Political Science and Director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies Stephen Farnsworth recently presented a guest online lecture, "The Second Trump Presidency: Policy Implications of His First Weeks Back in Office," to Maria Curie Skłodowska University, in Lublin, Poland. Dr. Farnsworth served as a 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in Poland.

 

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Slashing the federal workforce would have ‘immense’ impact on Virginia governor’s race (Washington Examiner)

“President Trump’s effort to shrink the federal government is going to have an immense impact on the governor’s race in Virginia this year. Not only are we talking about all the people who work for the federal government who wonder whether they’re going to stay employed,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “You also have all the people who are federal contractors or selling gasoline and food to people working in the federal government.”   Slashing the federal workforce would have ‘immense’ impact on Virginia governor’s race (Washington Examiner)