
Virginia Democrats react to same sex marriage ruling
Top Virginia Democrats are responding with expected euphoria to Thursday’s federal court ruling overturning the Commonwealth’s ban on same sex marriage.

Top Virginia Democrats are responding with expected euphoria to Thursday’s federal court ruling overturning the Commonwealth’s ban on same sex marriage.

The UVa. women’s basketball team (12-11, 5-5 ACC) faces Georgia Tech (16-8, 6-5 ACC) on Friday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. in Atlanta, Ga. The game between the Cavaliers and Yellow Jackets was originally scheduled for Thursday.

The top-ranked UVa. baseball team begins its highly-anticipated 2014 season this weekend when it competes in the Hughes Bros. Challenge in Wilmington, N.C. UNC Wilmington will host the event at Brooks Field; the Cavaliers will face Kentucky at noon Friday, VMI at noon Saturday and the host Seahawks at 2 p.m. Sunday.

With overwhelming bipartisan support, the House of Delegates passed the House Ethics bill (HB 1211) that would establish a Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council to review disclosure forms, ban gifts of more than $250, and require disclosure of gifts to immediate family members.

Last week, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report containing a number of troubling findings for our economy, our government’s finances, and, ultimately, our children and grandchildren.

It had been a while since anybody has given UVa. a game on its home court at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.

#17 UVa. never could shake off a game Maryland squad, but the Cavs were able to do just enough to pull out a 61-53 win Monday night in Charlottesville, Va.

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham is courtside at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, and thanks to MiFi from nTelos, he will be able to live-blog tonight’s ACC game between #17 UVa. (19-5, 10-1 ACC) and unranked Maryland (14-10, 6-5 ACC).

WVPT Public Television, serving the Shenandoah Valley and Central and Northern Virginia, announced today the new location for its studio and business offices. The station targets the move to 847 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, part of the Copperstone Office Complex, to be complete by the end of April.

In recent years, gas prices have trended higher to start the year, however cold temperatures across much of the country have led to weak demand and kept prices flat to begin 2014.
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