
House of Representatives passes historic marijuana reform bill
The House of Representatives voted 228-164 Friday to pass historic reform legislation that decriminalizes marijuana on the federal level.

The House of Representatives voted 228-164 Friday to pass historic reform legislation that decriminalizes marijuana on the federal level.

Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus outlined Thursday the urgent need for emergency COVID-19 relief.

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine received 6,374 applications, a 48 percent increase from last year’s total of 4,299.

The Majority has instead decided the people will be shut out of the General Assembly Building and subsequently impeded from free participation in the legislative process.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and a group of Democratic and Republican colleagues announced today a bipartisan framework to provide emergency COVID-19 relief.

The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation are set to expire on Dec. 26, forcing nearly 12 million workers to lose coverage once these programs expire over the holidays.

Virginia Democrat Don Beyer, who is set to take over as chair of the Congress Joint Economic Committee, has high praise for the team that President-elect Joe Biden is assembling to advise him on economic issues.

CAPSAW – the Community Action Partnership of Staunton, Augusta, and Waynesboro – wants your input on local needs through its 2020 Community Needs Assessment Survey.

2020 has been quite a year. The world is passing through a previously unreleased event and even Augusta County hasn’t managed to escape unscathed. But it’s not all bad news.

If it was not enough for small businesses to be suffering due to the pandemic, now they are threatened by an attack on our democracy.
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