Attack of the tomato killers: The Police State’s war on weed and backyard gardens
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Backyard gardeners, beware: tomato plants have become collateral damage in the government’s war on drugs, especially marijuana.
Search Results for Washington
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Poll: Seriously, Biden is only getting 5 percent of Republicans?
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The topline in the CBS News/YouGov poll has Joe Biden up 10 points on Donald Trump. That’s dog bites man. The man bites dog: the poll has Joe Biden getting 5 percent of Republicans.
AARP awards four Virginia organizations with community grants
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AARP announced four Virginia organizations will receive 2020 Community Challenge grants – part of the largest number of grantees to date with more than $2.4 million awarded among 184 organizations nationwide.
Virginia employers honored for hiring veterans
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Eleven Virginia employers have been honored for their commitment to hiring Virginia military veterans, transitioning services members, and their spouses.
National parks to commemorate NPS birthday, centennial of 19th Amendment
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The National Park Service will celebrate its 104th anniversary on Tuesday by providing free entrance to all accessible NPS sites.
One fish, two fish: Merging marine animal tracking with fishing fleet movements
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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimated in 2018 that 34.2 percent of the world’s fish stocks were overfished.
Climate, energy news roundup: Aug. 22
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News to inform legislators and the public.
Update: Nats’ Strasburg to have season-ending surgery
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World Series MVP Stephen Strasburg has carpal tunnel syndrome in his right hand, and may need season-ending surgery, the team announced Friday.
Herring defends nondiscrimination laws, rights of same-sex couples to be foster parents
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Attorney General Mark Herring joined in filing an amicus brief in support of the City of Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination law and the right of same-sex couples to be foster parents.
A quick history of hemp in Virginia
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In July, the Commonwealth of Virginia decided to decriminalize the possession of small amounts marijuana. Today, Virginians and visitors to the great state can carry up to an ounce of the good herb and suffer only a meager $25 fine, if anything.
