
Sara Davis Buechner to perform, speak of transgender journey
Sara Davis Buechner takes the stage at Virginia Tech on Monday, Nov. 18 for a program of solo piano works by Mozart, Brahms, Taku, and Gershwin.

Sara Davis Buechner takes the stage at Virginia Tech on Monday, Nov. 18 for a program of solo piano works by Mozart, Brahms, Taku, and Gershwin.

Bipartisan legislation cosponsored by U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine to award four African-American women scientists the Congressional Gold Medal for their work at NASA Langley was signed into law by President Trump.

Hubbard Peanut Co. will invest $1.6 million to establish a new operation in the City of Franklin.

Elaine Luria (VA-02) and other members of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force this week condemned President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would begin the withdrawal process from the Paris Climate Accord.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) joined Senate colleagues and leaders from HBCUs – including a student from Virginia Union University in Richmond – in calling on the Senate to pass the bipartisan FUTURE Act.

Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02) announced details about her upcoming town hall meeting in Williamsburg.

The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights oganization, celebrated Virginia’s newly elected pro-equality majorities in both the House and Senate.

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier will explore Union General Grant’s Sixth Petersburg Offensive of the Civil War with speaker Hampton Newsome on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, members of the Congressional Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges & Universities Caucus, joined 36 of their colleagues in a new push to pass funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions.

The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks to help ensure perishable food items get to those who need it most in the Commonwealth.
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