
Robert Hurt: Expanding American Opportunity in 2014
Last week, America watched as President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Last week, America watched as President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Attorney General Mark R. Herring released a statement after oral arguments were heard Tuesday in Bostic v. Rainey, a challenge in federal court to Virginia’s ban on same sex marriage.

For many, Punxsutawney Phil’s prognostication for six more weeks of winter was not welcomed considering the brutal winter the region has felt so far this year. AAA Mid-Atlantic is no exception.

The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15th – the start of spring fire season in Virginia. The law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day until April 30th if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of, woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials.

The UVa. men’s basketball game against Notre Dame on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena is sold out. The sellout marks Virginia’s fourth of the season and most since selling out seven contests during the 2007-08 season.

Throughout your busy day, your hearing requirements are constantly changing. And they’re different from everyone else’s around you.

State and local investigators spent all day Monday and overnight continuing their efforts to locate missing Waynesboro Police Department police reserve Kevin Quick. His personal vehicle was recovered Monday (Feb. 3) in Louisa County, which has expanded our investigation to include that county.

No. 20/21 UVa. (17-5, 8-1 ACC) hosts Boston College (6-15, 2-6 ACC) in ACC action on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) is set for 7 p.m.

On a mostly party-line vote on Monday, the House of Delegates passed HB 706, a bill that would give legal standing for any member of the General Assembly to defend a law that the Attorney General has deemed unconstitutional.

Four members of the Virginia baseball team have been named to Baseball America’s 2014 Preseason All-America Team, released today by the publication. Virginia boasts the most players on the All-America team of any school.
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