ACLU encourages legislators to support no-excuse absentee voting
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The ACLU of Virginia yesterday urged legislators to support measures that expand voting rights by providing for no-excuse absentee voting for all voters.
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McDonnell comments on ‘Lincoln’ Oscar nominations
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Gov. Bob McDonnell was among the fans of the Steven Spielberg feature film, “Lincoln,” which was filmed in the Commonwealth, pleased to hear the news that the film had received 12 Oscar nominations, including best picture, best actor, best director, best supporting actor and best supporting actress.
Matt Lohr: What are you doing to protect your family farm?
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It is a common issue in Virginia and just about every other state: what to do to protect your farm from development or any other situation that would take it out of production. Sometimes this occurs because a farmer gets an offer he or she simply can’t refuse. Certainly no one would deny any farmer the right to make a nice profit, especially if it’s just before retirement. (Not that farmers every really retire.)
Creigh Deeds: Session update
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The 2013 Session of the General Assembly began on an unseasonably mild January 9. This is the short session, meaning that the legislature will be in session only 46 days. Adjournment is scheduled for the 23rd of February. We are charged with adopting amendments to the 2012 – 2014 budget and dealing with over 2000 bills. Needless to say, it will be a busy session. It has been my experience that delegates and senators try to do as much work in a short session as in the longer 60-day session.
Ken Plum: General Assembly session under way
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The 2013 General Assembly session convenes at noon on Wednesday, January 9. Tracing its beginnings to the colonists meeting in the church at Jamestown to conduct their common business, the General Assembly is the oldest continuous legislative body in the western hemisphere.
UVa. women win on the road at Georgia Tech, 62-51
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The UVa. women’s basketball team earned its first road ACC victory of the season with a 62-51 win at Georgia Tech. The Cavaliers never trailed in the game and took a 14-point lead in the first half. Georgia Tech pulled to within seven in the second half, 39-32, when Kelsey Wolfe (Jr., Germantown,Md.) scored seven straight points for Virginia to extend the lead back out to 14. The Cavaliers held a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game.
Study: Nutritional supplement may help prevent Alzheimer’s
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A nutritional supplement available over-the-counter may offer protection from Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Virginia School of Medicine set out to evaluate the effectiveness of chiro-inositol, a compound that occurs naturally in certain foods and is available as a nutritional supplement, in protecting the brain from beta amyloid toxins, which cause Alzheimer’s.
Bridgewater College to host conference on substance abuse prevention
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A conference and continuing education opportunity that explores substance abuse prevention and treatment methods will be held at Bridgewater College Jan. 26 from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. in Bowman Hall.
Change in plans: New hire leaving UVa. football program
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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced today that Jeff Banks is leaving the Cavalier program to pursue another coaching position. Banks joined the Virginia staff on Jan. 1.
Poll: Warner looks safe for 2014
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Not even Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell would give U.S. Sen. Mark Warner a serious run in 2014, according to a new poll from Public Policy Polling.
