
Spanberger launches Congressional App Challenge for Seventh District STEM students
Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., invited middle and high school students in Virginia’s 7th District to compete in the annual Congressional App Challenge.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., invited middle and high school students in Virginia’s 7th District to compete in the annual Congressional App Challenge.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted unanimously today to approve a tuition freeze for resident and nonresident undergraduate, graduate, and professional students for the 2020-21 academic year and a preliminary budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year.

There is something being concocted in the dens of power, far beyond the public eye, and it doesn’t bode well for the future of this country.

Like many Americans, I am appalled by what happened to George Floyd. The officers involved in his death did not recognize his constitutional rights to due process or even his dignity as a human being.

Earlier this year, the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative sought proposals for scalable pilot programs for experiential learning from member institutions across Virginia.

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $354 million contract to Richmond-based Phlow Corp. to create the nation’s first strategic stockpile of key ingredients needed to make medicines.

As Israel celebrates the 72nd anniversary of its independence, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to simmer as neither side seems to have learned anything from their seven decades-old conflict, and dramatic changes on the ground are readily dismissed.

Congressman Rob Wittman is requesting a fix in the next COVID-19 package to clarify the Department of Transportation’s order last month to consolidate flights to regions with more than one airport.

Abigail Spanberger is backing two bipartisan bills to strengthen the capacity and security of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain amid fears of drug shortages as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police state.
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