
Virginia Main Street Merit Award winners announced
The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development announced recently the Virginia Main Street Merit Award winners at the 2018 Downtown Intersections in Harrisonburg.

The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development announced recently the Virginia Main Street Merit Award winners at the 2018 Downtown Intersections in Harrisonburg.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) released the following statement after the Senate voted 86-9 to confirm Robert Wilkie to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) announced that Virginia communities will receive $1,465,474 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program.

As part of its July meeting, the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the Virginia Department of Transportation hosted the new SmarterRoads Hackathon series to highlight innovation in transportation.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced that 13 companies from across the Commonwealth have graduated from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade Program.

Sen. Mark Warner met today with Jim Carroll, President Trump’s nominee to lead the office in charge of combating the national opioid epidemic.

The Potomac Nationals have entered into a 10-year partnership with Mary Washington Healthcare for their new baseball stadium to be built in Fredericksburg.

Virginia Organizing will hold a statewide week of celebration from July 9-15 to mark Virginia’s recent decision to expand Medicaid. The week of celebration will include events in every corner of the state.

Summer is officially here and so are summer fruits, vegetables and other fresh farm products at Virginia farmers’ markets.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Angus King (I-ME), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced the Restore Our Parks Act, bipartisan legislation to addressthe $12 billion maintenance backlog at the National Park Service (NPS).
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