Staunton Schools uphold teacher’s First Amendment rights after ‘defamatory’ email about school board candidates
A Staunton middle school teacher emailed parents via his work email to communicate about two city school board candidates.
A Staunton middle school teacher emailed parents via his work email to communicate about two city school board candidates.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has dropped his request to include a proposal to expedite the permitting and environmental review process for new energy projects in a government funding extension, opening the door for the funding extension to pass in the U.S. Senate.
The Presidential Election Reform Act is headed to a Senate vote. The legislation passed the House on September 21 with a vote of 210-209.

Court Square Theater and X2 Comedy are teaming up on Saturday, Oct. 8 for a comedy pageant to raise funds for theater maintenance, improvements and programming.

Two pieces of legislation in the U.S. Senate are aimed at making it easier for Americans to register to vote and to know their registration status.

This week the U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to ensure transparency in elections.

The Waynesboro Voter Registration & Elections office have mailed absentee ballots to all Waynesboro voters.

The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Chatham Bridge Rehabilitation and Shared Use Path Project is a Top 12 finalist in the America’s Transportation Awards competition.
One of the nation’s foremost legal commentators and podcasters, Dahlia Lithwick, will return to Charlottesville on Sept. 22, to talk about her new book.

Twenty recipients of the Route 79, The Duchenne Scholarship Program were announced for the 2022-2023 academic year. Among the recipients was Joshua Jurack, a James Madison University student living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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