Educational decisions should be left to parents and teachers

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Column by Bob Goodlatte Nothing is more important to our future than ensuring a high-quality education for our nation’s children. Decisions concerning education should be made at the local level first by parents, and then by teachers and local communities. We also need to measure how much our students are learning in fundamental subjects like…

Jackets swat ‘Hoos in OT

Chris Graham

Story by Scott German Georgia Tech’s Matt Causey scored all 18 of his points after halftime, including 12 in overtime, to lead the Yellow Jackets past the suddenly reeling Virginia Cavaliers 92-82 in John Paul Jones Arena Sunday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets (10-9, 3-3 ACC), who were dead-last in the conference two weeks ago with…

Senator doesn’t think cockfighting should be felony

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] I didn’t think I’d find anybody who would speak out against the proposed legislative package from Attorney General Bob McDonnell that has the bloodsport of animal fighting in its crosshairs. But there is at least one prominent member of the Virginia Senate who doesn’t think that the package is all…

The economy

Chris Graham

General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline As the second week of the 2008 General Assembly session began, we saw ominous signs from Wall Street about the direction of the national economy. In response, the pesident and Congress have announced plans for a bipartisan economic-stimulus package that includes tax credits for distressed sectors of…

Hanger pushing driver-fee repeal in exchange for gas-tax hike

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] If Virginia is going to get rid of the abusive-driver fees that caused so much rancor last summer and last fall, and Emmett Hanger is on board with the idea, and actually was before the fees were passed and signed into law last year, Hanger believes that it would only…

Learning to grieve

Chris Graham

My mother-in-law was telling a story about how tough it was for her to deal with the death of her daughter, my wife Crystal’s twin sister, Christina, 15 years ago to suicide. “I went back to work, and I was getting back to normal, and one morning I just lost it there at the office….