
Sam Rasoul: General Assembly update
The General Assembly adjourned on Saturday, March 8th. The state budget, however, remains to be finalized.

The General Assembly adjourned on Saturday, March 8th. The state budget, however, remains to be finalized.

uva-logoUniversity of Virginia Health System is now one of 28 hospitals in the U.S. participating in NeuroNEXT – the Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials – investigating treatments for brain and neurological conditions.

NC State sophomore forward T.J. Warren has been chosen as the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Coaches Basketball Player of the Year.

Opening Day, presented by Food Lion, of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday, March 12 will feature a concert by country music star Scotty McCreery.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will host the annual ACC Men’s Basketball Legends Brunch on Saturday, March 15 at the Sheraton Four Seasons in Greensboro, N.C.

The Atlantic Coast Conference mascots will participate in a Read 2 Succeed Assembly at Morehead Elementary School (9:30 – 11 am) and visit Brenner Children’s Hospital (2-4 pm), part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, as part of an outreach initiative for the 2014 ACC Tournament.

Fifth-year UVa. head coach Tony Bennett was named 2013-14 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, announced Tuesday (March 11) by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.

Henry Cole, an award-winning children’s author and illustrator, will speak to elementary-aged children with artistic and/or literary ambitions on Thursday, March 20th, at 4:00 pm at the Staunton Public Library.

The 2014 Session of the General Assembly is over; we adjourned on Saturday. However, the main work, the budget, remains to be accomplished. The General Assembly will go back into session on the 24th of March to try to finalize a spending plan for the next biennium.

Sunday’s loss at Maryland ought to scare the hell out of UVa. basketball fans because March. Put it this way: March is not kind to Virginia hoops, the March 1 win over Syracuse to clinch the 2014 ACC regular-season title notwithstanding.
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