
Robert Hurt: Making strides toward enhancing veterans healthcare
Like all Fifth District Virginians, I have been deeply disturbed by recent discoveries of unacceptable practices at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare facilities.

Like all Fifth District Virginians, I have been deeply disturbed by recent discoveries of unacceptable practices at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare facilities.

National Geographic editor & award-winning feature writer Barbara H. Seeberis a 30-year veteran of the publishing world. As an editor for National Geographic Books, she helped launch a number of titles in their line of health books.

Press conference with Maryland baseball coach John Szefc and players after the Terps’ 11-2 loss at Virginia in Game 3 of their Super Regional series.

Almost 60 percent of the 360,000 Virginians who would benefit from the state’s Medicaid expansion—roughly 212,000 residents—are working Virginians employed in occupations that most people rely on daily and are critical to the state’s economy.

I think a lot of people are aware of the Climate Action Plan that I put forward last year based on what we know, which is that climate change is real. It has impacts not just in a distant future. It has serious impacts, as we speak.

What we love most about our dreams is also what can make them strange: they’re of our making, yet out of our control. But how can dreams translate to poetry?

The bad news: I wasn’t even in the state of North Carolina yet on Friday, and already the third-ranked UVA baseball team had been eliminated from contention for a spot in Sunday’s 2014 ACC Championshio Game, by virtue of Maryland’s 5-3 upset of #5 Florida State.

VCU will lead a three-year research grant of $1.5 million from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to develop a professional development model to help 6th through 8th grade teachers support all students.

Former Richmond Raider, Virginia Tech Hokie, and Richmond native Davon Morgan is one step closer to realizing his dream of playing in the NFL.

Today marks 60 years since the Supreme Court handed down its landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, the first major step in dismantling the “separate but equal” doctrine that justified Jim Crow.
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