
Tim Kaine joins Senate effort to decriminalize marijuana
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to introduce a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, leaving the decision about legalization in states’ hands.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to introduce a bill to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, leaving the decision about legalization in states’ hands.

On March 14 of this year, students across the US left class for 17 minutes – one minute for every person killed in the Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School massacre.

Frequent, heavy storms between May 14 and May 20 delayed fieldwork on Virginia farms and had some impact on recently planted corn and soybeans and nearly mature small grains.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have cosponsored the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, a bipartisan bill that would legalize and clearly define hemp as an agricultural commodity, removing it from the list of controlled substances.

Mohawk Industries, the leading global manufacturer of residential and commercial flooring products, will purchase new equipment and expand its manufacturing operation in Carroll County.

U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine raised concerns after Virginia’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services confirmed that proposed tariffs could hurt Virginia businesses and employees, as China is the Commonwealth’s biggest export market for agricultural goods.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the first indications of crop acreages for the 2018 growing season. The estimates came from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

By now most of us have read that plastic, that incredibly useful product that all of us use every day, is fast becoming public enemy number one.

“Educate, empower, encourage.” Those are the words Maddie Murray ’17 uses to sum up her purpose as a peer health educator.

Vaping, or the use of electronic cigarettes, has become a popular practice in recent years. A preferable alternative to smoking cigarettes, these modern apparatuses have become a staple for quitting smoking and reducing lung cancer rates across the world.
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