
What are civil rights?
Civil rights are a set of rights afforded to the citizens of a society that protect them from discrimination and repression.

Civil rights are a set of rights afforded to the citizens of a society that protect them from discrimination and repression.

The House of Delegates is probably half-way through its virtual Special Session.

The towns of Cape Charles, Onancock, Tappahannock and Tazewell were welcomed Wednesday to the Virginia Main Street program.

An inmate at the Middle River Regional Jail was found dead from an apparent suicide Tuesday night.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) today joined fellow members of the Problem Solvers Caucus — comprised of 25 Democrats and 25 Republicans — to unveil the caucus’ “March to Common Ground” framework to help break the gridlock on the latest COVID-19 relief package.

Staying connected and having access to local emergency services and community resources is more important than ever.

COVID-19 forced Jarred Green and college students like him across the country to leave their campuses in March and move back home.

A bipartisan group of local, state and student leaders took a united stand for transparency at James Madison University today, sending a joint letter to the Board of Visitors urging them to allow online participation for students and their families in the Sept. 18 meeting.

The City of Staunton has already spent or committed roughly half of the $4.35 million that it has been allocated under the federal CARES Act to mitigate impacts on government operations, schools and the economy from the public health response to COVID-19.

Nearly seven weeks after the $600-per-week enhanced federal unemployment benefit enacted under the CARES Act expired, 34 states still have not initiated the $300 payments under the Lost Wages Assistance program.
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