
House Appropriations Committee presents proposed amendments to 2014-2016 biennial budget
The Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Appropriations presented its proposed amendments to the 2014-2016 biennial state budget Sunday.

The Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Appropriations presented its proposed amendments to the 2014-2016 biennial state budget Sunday.

Call it a clean sweep. Authors who will appear at this year’s Virginia Children’s Book Festival swept the 2015 Newbery Awards, annually given to the best children’s books of the year. Add in the most recent National Book Award for Young People’s Literature winner Jacqueline Woodson, and the lineup is truly star-studded.

A workforce education center would give a needed boost to the wine industry in Loudoun County, near Washington, D.C., a Virginia Tech study confirms.

The Bright Rewired Business Plan Competition is coming to Staunton. Grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to businesses opening in the Downtown Service District or Newtown Historic District in Staunton.

Events and programs ongoing at Augusta Health in February 2015.

If you’re reading this online, thank net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle that all Internet content must be delivered equally.

VMI head football coach Scott Wachenheim announced this week the addition of eight assistant football coaches to the staff.

A budget amendment is on the table that would restore the commonwealth’s portion of the state and federal program that helps Virginia livestock producers suffering from coyote depredation.

This morning, members of the Senate Education and Health committee defeated SB733 (D-Locke) and SB920 (D-Wexton), measures that would have removed the mandatory ultrasound and 24-hour waiting period required prior to abortion.

Virginians could soon lose one of their most treasured tax credits – up to $25 bucks for donating to political campaigns.
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