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Gov. Bob McDonnell has released recommendations stemming from Health and Human Resource Secretary Bill Hazel’s review of last month’s tragedy in Bath County involving State Sen. Creigh Deeds and his son, Gus. The governor asked the secretary to conduct the review.
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“There is a star in the east,” said Jerry, a magi. Whatever that is. A wise man. I think. “So?” asked his good friend, Earl, who was also a magi. Earl was not easily impressed by much. Especially Jerry’s penchant for picking out new stars and telling everybody about what they supposedly stood for. “Star or no star, it’s cold. Let’s go home,” a third magi, their friend Larry, said. Some way to start the first Christmas, huh?
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So you ask, Virginia, is there a Santa Claus? I don’t pretend to know anything, much less everything, but I do believe that there is something intrinsically redeeming in all of us, and that this Santa character that we’ve created to personify what we want to see in ourselves is something that we very much want to be real.
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When holiday shoppers make a bad choice, the worst result may be an ugly sweater. But Congress recently made a bad choice that will ruin the holidays for over a million families—and will spoil the coming new year for millions more.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, hailed final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2014 – the annual defense bill that includes important provisions Kaine advocated for Virginia during committee markup of the legislation in June 2013. The measure was passed, 84-15.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced last week that VDOT is moving forward with technology upgrades designed to improve safety and traffic flow on Interstate 64 over Afton Mountain. The Commonwealth Transportation Board recently awarded a $4.6 million contract to G4S Technology of Springfield to design and build an Active Traffic and Safety Management System.
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Virginia and Northern Iowa combined for 10 points in the first 11 minutes. The Cavs heated up in the second half en route to a 57-43 win over UNI Saturday in Charlottesville. UVa. (8-3) led 21-16 at the break despite shooting just 29.76 percent from the field.
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The Virginia women’s basketball team (4-6) fell 79-72 in overtime to Tulane (6-3) in the opening game of the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn/Homewood Suites Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. The Cavaliers trailed by 20 points in the first half, coming back to tie the game with 17:07 left in regulation. After trailing by eight with 6:14 remaining, the Cavaliers again came back, holding a one-point lead, 65-64, with 19 seconds remaining.
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An Augusta Free Press reader reported that she had heard about a possible baby abduction at Augusta Health in Fishersville on Friday. Turns out that the rumored abduction was actually a required hospital drill. A hospital spokesperson said the drill, called a Code Pink Drill, is something that hospitals are required to conduct on a regular basis.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Military Retirement Restoration Act to repeal and replace the proposed $6 billion cut to military pensions included in the Bipartisan Budget Act.
