Holding the line on spending

Chris Graham

Column by Bob Goodlatte The nation continues to face serious budgetary challenges, and it is time we take control of spending instead of letting it control the Congress. Government programs have continued to expand while the amount of money available to spend has not kept pace. It is common sense to American families that they…

Subcommittee approves measure to improve mental-health commitment laws

Chris Graham

General Assembly Report by Rob Bell After the shootings at Virginia Tech, a lot of attention was focused on improving Virginia’s mental-health commitment system. I was appointed chairman of a special subcommittee to review these bills, and on Friday, the committee approved seven major proposals …

Rice gets rude welcome back home

Chris Graham

Column by Scott German Homecoming for Virginia native Tyrese Rice played to mixed results Saturday night in John Paul Jones Arena. While Rice did notch 20 points for Boston College, the Eagles lost an important Atlantic Coast Conference game to home standing Virginia 84-66. Rice, from the Richmond south side, played at L.C. Bird High…

‘Hoos stop BC, 84-66

Scott German

Story by Scott German Mamadi Diane scored 20 points while Sean Singletary had 19 points and 10 assists Saturday night as Virginia broke a three-game losing streak beating Boston College 84-66 in Atlantic Coast Conference action. The Cavaliers (11-5, 1-2 ACC), defending co-champions in the conference, got a crucial win after two blowout losses and…

Hope you’re not tired of all this UVa.-Tech talk …

Chris Graham

Winners and Losers column by Chris Graham [email protected] WINNER: Virginia Tech wins in Charlottesville for the first time since before I was born I had no idea it had been that long, incidentally. And I like that Jeff Allen kid. He’s going to be a star. ASCENDING: Virginia Tech DESCENDING: Virginia, obviously LOSER: Everybody is…

One shot, two teams in different directions

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] One basket, at the buzzer. A one-point margin. Razorthin, that one was. And the two teams left headed in the most opposite of opposite directions. “I think we’re real dangerous. We came in, and everybody called us an underdog, basically. Everybody think we’re just a team on the schedule, but…