
Mark Obenshain: 2015 General Assembly session under way
With week two of the 2015 General Assembly session underway, I would like to provide a quick recap of all that happened in week one.

With week two of the 2015 General Assembly session underway, I would like to provide a quick recap of all that happened in week one.

This morning, the Senate Committee on Education and Health heard incendiary testimony suggesting that homosexuality might be a mental health issue before voting along party lines to defeat Senator Louise Lucas’ SB 988.

Shenandoah Valley country music artist Emma Leigh has been nominated in three categories for the upcoming 2015 Nashville Universe Awards.

In a discovery that could dramatically affect the treatment of brain and spinal cord injuries, researchers have identified a previously unknown, beneficial immune response that occurs after injury to the central nervous system.

Registration is now open for two conferences hosted by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) in March 2015.

The UVA women’s basketball team (13-6, 3-3 ACC) fell 67-58 at Miami (15-4, 5-1 ACC) on Wednesday (Jan. 21) at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Fla.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined members of the Virginia, Maryland and DC congressional delegations for a briefing by the NTSB on the Jan. 12 smoke incident at L’Enfant Plaza, which killed one passenger and hospitalized several dozen others.

The Dan Moxley for Senate campaign has released its first endorsement. Susan Stimpson is well-known for her tax and regulation-cutting policies on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

House and Senate leaders held a press conference Wednesday to highlight legislation to combat human trafficking in Virginia.

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement surrounding oral arguments in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Projectbefore the Supreme Court.
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