
Earth Talk: The 2012 Farm Bill
Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote

Like so much of the legislation coming out of Washington, D.C., green groups are mixed on the new Farm Bill now making its way toward a floor vote

A new bill making its way through Congress aims to make federally managed public lands across millions of acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management property more accessible

Security. It’s something we all want and need. Especially mothers. It is also something that I, as many Americans, often take for granted

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a public-private partnership to preserve historic Mount Defiance, a five-acre battle site at the heart of the Civil War Middleburg battlefield

Harrisonburg and the national League of American Bicyclists announce that May is National Bike Month, May 9 is Bike to School Day, and Friday, May 18 is Bike to Work Day

Gov. Bob McDonnell today ceremonially signed job creation and economic development legislation, including measures from his 2012 jobs and economic development agenda

Gov. Bob McDonnell submitted his amendments to the budget passed by the General Assembly during the 2012 special session

The oil industry is planning what some call a dangerous strategy of drilling for oil on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Arctic Ocean

Sen. Jim Webb, whose historic trip to Burma in 2009 set the stage for a new direction in U.S. policy toward that country, today called for the Administration “to facilitate reforms in Burma (Myanmar) through the lifting of economic sanctions.” Sen. Webb, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee, was…

Lumos Networks (NASDAQ: LMOS), a leading provider of fiber-based services across the Mid-Atlantic region, today introduced Colocation as the first product in the Lumos Networks Data Center Services portfolio. Colocation services provide a secure environment for customers’ servers and data storage, enabling them to reduce risks such as security breaches, fire and flood. “Through Colocation…
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