
House passes bill named for UVA alum boosting mental health services for healthcare professionals
The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass bipartisan legislation to support healthcare professionals’ mental and behavioral health.

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass bipartisan legislation to support healthcare professionals’ mental and behavioral health.

Virginia transit and highway systems are expected to receive more than $8 billion in federal funds over the next five years as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure deal signed into law last month.

The House voted, of course along party lines, to pass the cornerstone item in President Biden’s first-year agenda, the Build Back Better Act.

A middle-schooler from Fairfax and a high school sophomore from Patrick County were the first-place winners in the Virginia War Memorial’s 2021 Veterans Day Student Essay Contest.

The House voted 228-206 late Friday to finally pass the bipartisan infrastructure package that had passed the Senate way back in August.

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced plans to establish the first offshore wind turbine blade facility in the United States, propelling construction of the country’s largest new renewable energy project.

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is leading an effort to prevent American weapons and military equipment from contributing to or facilitating future human rights abuses.

Virginia has committed $8.5 million to upgrade infrastructure at Progress Park in Wythe County, and now a major joint venture is committing to build a manufacturing operation there that projects to employ 2,500 people and produce up to 60 billion medical gloves a year.

The House of Representatives passed Congressman A. Donald McEachin’s bicameral Great Dismal Swamp National Heritage Area Act.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $4.1 million to help Virginians continue to access affordable housing.
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