
Creigh Deeds: 2019 Virginia General Assembly wrap
The 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly is now over.

The 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly is now over.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) along with Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris (both D-CA) introduced the Ensuring Safe Housing for our Military Act.

Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) announced the 2019 Congressional Art Competition.

Highway work in the Lynchburg District requiring road/lane/structure closures is scheduled, weather permitting.

Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act, which would protect marine life and coastal economies which depend on it by banning seismic airgun blasting in the Atlantic Ocean.

The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello have announced the winners of their highest honors, the 2019 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in Architecture, Citizen Leadership and Law.

The VCU College of Health Professions will be home to Virginia’s only baccalaureate concentration in diagnostic medical sonography starting this fall.

The Blue Ridge Parkway welcomed more than 14 million visitors in 2018.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services joins the National Conference on Weights and Measures to observe National Weights and Measures Week.

Gov. Ralph Northam and Congressman Morgan Griffith today announced 10 economic development projects selected for grant approval from the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Pilot program.
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