
Robert Hurt statement on Obama State of the Union address
Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) tonight released the following statement in response to President Obama’s annual State of the Union Address.

Congressman Robert Hurt (R-Virginia) tonight released the following statement in response to President Obama’s annual State of the Union Address.

Transcript of President Obama delivering the 2015 State of the Union address to Congress.

The third-rankde UVA baseball team has been picked as the 2015 ACC preseason favorite by a vote of the conference’s 14 head coaches.

Attorney General Mark Herring issued the following statement following a vote by the Senate to reject legislation to take away in-state tuition from Virginia students who have been declared “lawfully present” through the DACA program.

The ACLU praises today’s announcement by Governor Terry McAuliffe granting a conditional pardon for Reginald “Neli” Latson, a young man with autism and other disabilities who had been convicted for behavior related to his disabilities.

The investigation continues this evening into a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian early Tuesday morning (Jan. 20) in Greene County.

Today, in the State Senate, one Republican senator voted with his 19 Democratic colleagues to defeat Senator Dick Black’s (R-Loudoun) SB 722, which would have denied DREAMers in-state tuition at Virginia colleges and universities.

Nearly a dozen legislators came together on Tuesday in support of bills that would create a more welcoming and inclusive commonwealth for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Virginians.

Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, announced that they will renew their push for CTE.

UVA basketball maintains its spot at #2 in the Associated Press and USA Today coaches national polls this week. Virginia (17-0, 5-0 ACC) received first-place votes in both polls for the second straight week.
Independent media doesn’t belong to billionaires or big companies – it belongs to you. If you find value in our work, please consider a contribution.