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Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith feels his comments on gun-control legislation expected to come out of Richmond have been misconstrued.

Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith feels his comments on gun-control legislation expected to come out of Richmond have been misconstrued.

Attorney General Mark Herring and members of the Richmond Regional Human Trafficking Collaborative announced Tuesday new initiatives.

Rossella Gabriele, a 2019 magna cum laude graduate of Washington and Lee University who received a BS with a double major in physics and global politics, is the university’s 17th Rhodes Scholar.

Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) led a group of 107 members of Congress in demanding that the White House fire Senior Advisor to the President Stephen Miller.

More mothers are dying during childbirth. This trend is even more pronounced in rural areas.

Virginia Organizing chairperson, Del McWhorter comments on Democratic wins in the 2019 General Assembly elections.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger and a bipartisan group of her House colleagues introduced legislation to improve predictability for Central Virginia agriculture employers and to reform the immigration system for farmworkers.

Skyline Literacy has been awarded a Citizenship and Assimilation Grant for $250,000 from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County.

Attorney General Mark Herring has won an injunction blocking President Donald Trump and acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Ken Cuccinelli’s overhaul of the so-called “public charge” rules.
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