
Family visits home dedicated to once enslaved relatives
In April, Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors memorialized a three-room building with a unanimous motion to name it the Fraction Family House at Solitude.

In April, Virginia Tech’s Board of Visitors memorialized a three-room building with a unanimous motion to name it the Fraction Family House at Solitude.

Attorney General Mark Herring today joined a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger has announced the overarching theme for her August work period in Virginia’s Seventh District—“Securing the Future.”

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement following Senate passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, a two-year bipartisan budget deal that would suspend the debt ceiling until July 2021.

Cosmetic and reconstructive surgery are among the most popular types of medical procedures being performed across the world, but these procedures are also expensive, at least in America.

Do you remember how you used to feel when you were just a little kid stepping into a candy shop? That feeling of being overwhelmed with excitement over all the sweet candies that awaited you.

Data recently released by the DEA and analyzed by the Washington Post has renewed attention to the origins of the opioid crisis afflicting communities across our Commonwealth and country.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger released the following statement after voting against a federal budget bill on the floor of the U.S. House.

Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) released this statement after voting “no” on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) released “Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure.”
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