In the News

Chris Graham

– Local News: Shelburne Middle School closing due to power outage, Updated Wednesday, 9:14 a.m. – Capitol Hill: Webb, Warner announce recommendation for Fourth Circuit – State News: Court overturns law prohibiting dissemination of Social Security numbers – Sports: Virginia Tech soccer coach steps down 

Lindsey Oliver | Every woman should have reproductive choices

Contributors

When I was 16 I had an abortion. It was both difficult to arrange and pay for. Yet this pivotal event resulted in a lifelong commitment to working towards a world with reproductive justice for everyone. The sad part isn’t that I had an abortion, but that there were so many barriers. Even more disheartening…

Worst to first

Chris Graham

Creigh Deeds has moved from the back of the pack to the front with a week to go in the 2009 Democratic Party gubernatorial contest, according to a poll released Tuesday. Deeds registered at 27 percent in the Public Policy Polling poll, with Terry McAuliffe at 24 percent and Brian Moran at 22 percent. The…

In the News

Chris Graham

– Local News: Da Bears wreaking havoc in Da ‘Boro – Politics: Shannon gets public-safety endorsement – State News: AG announces price-gouging settlement – Local News: Clean Streams Initiative among conservation grant recipients

Some poll internals to chew on

Chris Graham

We’re a week and a couple of days out from the gubernatorial primary, and it’s an otherwise slow news day, so what qualifies as news for me today is something I’d passed on last week regarding poll numbers. These numbers are from Public Policy Polling, and they had Creigh Deeds gaining ground but still a…

In the News

Chris Graham

– Local News: Delays on I-81 in Rockbridge – Local News: WWRC trail receives VCC recognition – Event: Longaberger bingo to benefit Food Bank – Politics: will.i.am cuts McAuliffe radio spot – Politics: Wagner gets PAC endorsement 

Letter | John Horejsi

The recently established Governor’s Poverty Taskforce and Poverty Summit, an event held in Richmond on May 7th, has been given extensive coverage. I find it troubling that not one person on the task force is poor himself, herself. Do the poor have nothing to contribute? It’s almost as if we, the well-heeled, should not be…