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This afternoon, the Virginia Senate approved Senator Rosalyn Dance’s (D-Petersburg) SB 1017, the Ban the Box bill, which would prevent state agencies from incorporating a check box on application forms regarding past criminal convictions.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner provided a variety of useful resources and an online form on his Senate website for Virginians potentially impacted by the cyberattack targeting Anthem to contact his office for assistance.
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Gas prices leaped double digits across the country within a week. The average national retail price jumped 11 cents from $2.04 per gallon on January 29, 2015 to $2.15 per gallon today.
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Today Dominion Virginia Power announced it is planning to develop 400MW of solar power that will be operational by 2020. Dominion anticipates that these solar projects will be capable of powering 10,000 homes at peak capacity.
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Cadence Inc. announced unaudited results for 2014 including a 39% increase in revenue compared to 2013 to $75.7 million.
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Virginia families who care for a loved one with disabilities or chronic conditions can apply for up to $400 reimbursement for respite care under a limited voucher program from the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services.
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A Virginia Tech professor is part of a team of scientists from Japan and the United States that may have discovered a way to remove radioactive cesium from the millions of gallons of contaminated water being held at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 disaster.
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Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) released the following statement after voting in favor of H.R. 50, the Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2015.
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A poll out last week from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University has Gov. Terry McAuliffe with a solid approval rating.
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In a press conference hosted Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Virginia and the office of Delegate Mark Cole of Spotsylvania County, the organization congratulated the Virginia House of Delegates for passage of a bill that would require a criminal conviction in asset forfeiture cases.
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