
Ken Plum: COVID relief
The General Assembly is meeting this week and possibly a few days next week to appropriate the federal COVID-Relief fund made available through the American Rescue Plan Act.

The General Assembly is meeting this week and possibly a few days next week to appropriate the federal COVID-Relief fund made available through the American Rescue Plan Act.

The Senate this week voted to approve legislation introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine to prevent burnout, suicide, and mental and behavioral health issues in healthcare workers.

Vaccine passports, vaccine admission requirements, and travel restrictions may seem like small, necessary steps in winning the war against the COVID-19 virus, but that’s just so much propaganda.

AARP Virginia announced today that The People’s Debate, the state’s largest and most widely-broadcast debate sponsored by a nonpartisan organization, has been cancelled for 2021 due to the decision of Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin not to participate.

Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA-08) has introduced the Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Act, legislation that would protect consumers and promote innovation by incorporating digital assets into existing financial regulatory structures.

A New Zealand man pleaded guilty this week to production of child pornography.

Professional conferences usually are considered a success when attendees pick up innovative ideas, do some networking or even land a plum job. But those outcomes sound mundane compared to what happened in the aftermath of a 2017 conference at Washington and Lee University.

In the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory and novel test for the virus from scratch.

The facts, figures, faces and technology may change from era to era, but the dangers remain the same.

Virginia public officials and environmental health advocates are urging the state’s elected leaders in Washington to support federal investments in clean transportation infrastructure.
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