
Letter: Polluting politics
As Congress is poised to attack a rule that would restore federal protections to 57% of Virginia’s streams, Environment Virginia’s recent report titled Polluting Politics touches on a salient topic for all Virginians.

As Congress is poised to attack a rule that would restore federal protections to 57% of Virginia’s streams, Environment Virginia’s recent report titled Polluting Politics touches on a salient topic for all Virginians.

Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that Virginia has been selected to receive a federal grant to accelerate the implementation of practices related to Chesapeake Bay cleanup goals.

The Virginia House of Delegates voted Thursday to approve the conference report to amend the 2014-2016 biennial budget, sending the amendments to the desk of Governor Terry McAuliffe for his signature.

Beating a sub-.500 team that lost at home to Iona and Delaware State wouldn’t normally enter the conversation of top wins for a #2 team like UVA.

A UVA team whose offense had been missing in action over the past month traveled to Tobacco Road and struck gold Wednesday evening in a 70-34 annihilation of Wake Forest in Lawrence Joel Coliseum.

While working as a structural engineer in California, Matthew Eatherton saw myriad ways the steel industry could break from century-old methods and delve into the then-burgeoning fields of subtractive and additive manufacturing – the later commonly referred to as 3-D printing – and improve building performance.

The owner of Honeywell International, Inc. spent $5,140,000 on lobbying in a single year, according to a new report by Environment Virginia.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today more than $3 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) for the counties of Dickenson, Scott, York, Lee and Fauquier, as well as the town of Clarksville and the city of Franklin. Projects include water and sewer, downtown revitalization and microenterprise.

Interesting perspective from former Republican Del. Chris Saxman, now the executive direction of the Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education, on news on two recent retirements from the Virginia General Assembly.

For years, I’ve headed to the Virginia Diner to meet with my Farmers Advisory Board, a group of Fourth District family farmers who counsel me on issues that are impacting the agricultural industry.
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