
Zuka joins Virginia Tech Police Department K-9 Program
The Virginia Tech Police Department announced the newest member of the force: Zuka, a 16-month-old German shepherd.

The Virginia Tech Police Department announced the newest member of the force: Zuka, a 16-month-old German shepherd.

Proponents of equality launched a weeklong surge Monday to encourage state lawmakers to make history by becoming the 38th and last state needed to ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), first drafted in 1923.

The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the National Parole Resource Center selected Virginia to participate in a nine-month learning collaborative on paroling authorities as key partners in achieving sound criminal justice policy goals and practices.

The House Democratic Caucus announced its legislative priorities for the 2019 session in a press conference on Tuesday morning.

Thanks in part to the leadership of an Eastern Mennonite University Center for Justice and Peacebuilding alumna, a new license plate option in Virginia is spreading a message of – and raising funds for – community peacebuilding.

Virginia Artists in the Marketplace (VA-AIM), a program for Shenandoah Valley artists, is now seeking applications for a one-week residency in May 2019.

The Virginia Earth System Science Scholars program, offered by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, has received the prestigious 2019 Programs That Work Award from the Virginia Mathematics & Science Coalition.

Just under half of Virginians say bringing one of Amazon’s second headquarters to the state will create more benefits than the investment costs, while 41 percent believe the state is investing too much in the deal, according to a new VCU poll.

Cyril Clarke, interim executive vice president and provost and former dean of the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named Virginia Tech’s permanent executive vice president and provost.

Virginians are almost evenly split between favoring and opposing a state law that would allow localities to train teachers and administrators to be armed in schools, according to a new VCU poll.
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