
Augusta County: Alexandra Meador, Lorna Port named Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorneys
Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Martin has named Alexandra Meador and Lorna Port as the new Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorneys for Augusta County.

Commonwealth’s Attorney Tim Martin has named Alexandra Meador and Lorna Port as the new Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorneys for Augusta County.

The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League is calling upon Virginia Inspector General Michael Westfall to investigate the firing of two State Air Pollution Control Board members by Gov. Ralph Northam.

The other day I saw in a local newspaper a letter-to-the-editor by a woman I knew some years ago. I’d always regarded her as a lovely person, and I agreed with the belief she expressed in her letter regarding the great importance of “freedom of religion.”

The much anticipated vicious and brutal U.S. Senate campaign between Corey Stewart and Tim Kaine never really materialized, says Virginia Tech political expert Bob Denton.

Much of what Israel and the Palestinians are experiencing today has befallen them under Netanyahu’s leadership. He believes that the Palestinians will always pose an existential threat to Israel, which led him to pursue domestic policies that dangerously undermined the country’s founding principles of freedom and equality.

Republicans surely could have found any of a number of judges ready, willing and chomping at the bit to overturn Roe v. Wade, so why this insistence on Brett Kavanaugh?

Friends and colleagues remember University of Virginia President Emeritus Robert M. O’Neil as a caring mentor, a staunch advocate for students from all walks of life, a beloved law professor, and a nationally recognized scholar focused on the First Amendment, free speech and the press.

The Virginia Law Foundation has awarded $440,000 in 2018 grants to support law-related projects and organizations throughout the Commonwealth.

Virginia State Sen. Jennifer Wexton issued the following statement today after yesterday’s Senate testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

The seeds of our destruction were planted at the founding. Hard reality check, that one.
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