
Blue Ridge Parkway and Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation announce $700,000 Centennial Challenge funding
The Blue Ridge Parkway announced Thursday that $710,035 will be directed to addressing critical repairs along the 469-mile corridor.

The Blue Ridge Parkway announced Thursday that $710,035 will be directed to addressing critical repairs along the 469-mile corridor.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation with Senate and House colleagues today to help save millions of federal dollars by curbing erroneous federal payments to deceased individuals.

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ), sent a letter to President Obama calling on him to immediately establish and enforce humanitarian safe zones in Syria to protect civilian lives and supply lines for food, water and medical supplies.

April 22, 2015 is the 45th annual celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner is showcasing five Virginia local artists in his Washington, D.C. office as part of his State of the Arts in Virginia program. Each year, Senator Warner works with curators and talented Virginia artists to select artwork that is seen by a wide variety of visitors to Capitol Hill.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, released the following statement Wednesday.

At a press conference today in Richmond, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced a bipartisan compromise that will allow Virginia to proceed with the design and construction of two new centers in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads that will offer quality health care to veterans.

Today, on Equal Pay Day, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine co-sponsored the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation to address gender-based wage discrimination.

An analysis released for Equal Pay Day shows just how much damage the gender-based wage gap is doing to Virginia’s families and economy.

Blackwater guards are in one incident at least finally being sentenced to prison for murder today. But their boss will be speaking at the University of Virginia on Wednesday.
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