
Robert Hurt: Ensuring working families can save for college
It is vital that hardworking American families have access to financial planning programs that help them prepare for the rapidly rising costs of college.

It is vital that hardworking American families have access to financial planning programs that help them prepare for the rapidly rising costs of college.

In advance of a rare joint congressional hearing to be held this Wednesday, elected officials called on members of the state’s congressional delegation to support restoring protections to 57% of Virginia’s streams, including those that feed into the Chesapeake Bay.

It’s hard to believe that we are already in the fourth week of the General Assembly session. Hundreds of bills are making their way through Senate committees in Richmond, as “crossover day” approaches.

As part of its plan to enhance safety in the UVA community, the University of Virginia has contracted with international security firm G4S to provide a friendly security presence in neighborhoods frequented by students.

Now it’s getting hard to make sense of where things stand in the ACC, at the top, in the middle, even at the bottom.

No. 2 UVA (19-1, 7-1 ACC) plays at No. 13 North Carolina (17-5, 7-2 ACC) in ACC action on Monday (Feb. 2). Tipoff at the Dean E. Smith Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.

After falling for a record 123 consecutive days, for a total savings of $1.31 per gallon, gas prices have changed direction. The national average price for regular unleaded gasoline ticked upward to $2.05 per gallon Friday, up a penny from the previous week.

Second-ranked UVA led by as many as 11 points in the second half, but Duke closed the game on an 11-0 run, hitting its last six shots from the field, and stunned the Cavs, 69-63, before a raucous sellout crowd at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va., for tonight’s ACC showdown between #2 UVA (19-0, 7-0 ACC) and #4 Duke (17-3, 4-3 ACC). Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

ESPN College GameDay is in Charlottesville, with Saturday’s clash between second-ranked UVA and fourth-ranked Duke the showstopper act to what promises to be a memorable day at the John Paul Jones Arena.
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