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Center fielder Jacob May delivered a go-ahead single in the fourth to put his team ahead and the Coastal Carolina bullpen tossed four scoreless innings in a 4-3 victory over JMU in the baseball season opener for both teams on Friday afternoon at Francis Marion University’s Sparrow Stadium.
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Watkins told The Virginian-Pilot for a story published this week that he feels an amendment like the one being discussed by the administration could go “way too far” in restricting abortions in private insurance plans.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Thursday announced a milestone in a partnership between the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and the Virginia Department of Corrections that supports his initiative of successful prisoner re-entry.
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Augusta Health will celebrate Heart Month with its annual Heart Health Fair, featuring several free screenings. This year, the event will take place on Wednesday, February 27 from 3 pm to 6 pm in the new Heart and Vascular Center on the Augusta Health campus. Tours of the new center, including the cardiac catheterization labs, will also be available.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday that total general fund revenue collections rose by 19.5 percent in the month of January.
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Fear can be a powerful influence in our lives. A healthy fear of something that is harmful may keep us safe. Fear of the unknown can cause helpful caution or limit our perspective. Too often fear can be misused to manipulate the actions of others. In Richmond as elsewhere, fear is evident and at work in many aspects of the legislative process.
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The House of Delegates voted 74-22 on Thursday to pass an amended state budget that fails to expand Medicaid, while the State Senate in a separate 36-4 vote approved an amendment to the budget that expands Medicaid to more than 400,000 poor Virginians.
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UVa. football coach Mike London discusses his 2013 signing class with reporters. The class was ranked fourth in the ACC and #27 overall by Rivals.com.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met on Monday with more than two dozen defense contractors in Northern Virginia to discuss the possible impact of sequester cuts on the defense industry and on Northern Virginia’s economy, as well as ongoing uncertainty over the current year’s appropriations.
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Two General Assembly committees voted on Sunday to pass budget bills that may make it harder to expand Medicaid coverage to more than 300,000 Virginia families.
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