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Former Roanoke state Sen. Granger Macfarlane has died. He was 95. A Democrat, Macfarlane served two terms in the 1980s and early 1990s. In Richmond, Macfarlane earned a reputation as an ...
Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, says if Democrats win the fall elections, they could install a new majority on UVa’s governing board.
To some, this is part of the Trump administration’s aggressive push to bring academia to heel. To others, this is simply a sign that he’s serious about fulfilling a campaign promise to ...
Like it or not, there’s only one form of energy we can get onto the grid quickly. The Big Beautiful Bill would shut that down in favor of energy that takes longer to develop.
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday extended a temporary restraining order to halt the federal government’s attempt to close Job Corps centers across the country, including two in ...
Without this new tax revenue, Botetourt would have to increasingly turn to businesses and residents to fund necessary capital improvements and provide needed services that are clearly coming with ...
If mainstream media coverage in 1963 had looked different, perhaps Danville’s civil rights movement would have remained in the public consciousness in the years afterward, one journalism professor ...
The state appropriated $6 million in 2022 for a museum in Botetourt, but it’s taken until now to find the local match — and a place to put the facility.
John Williamson is a former Botetourt County administrator, a former Buchanan District supervisor and currently chairman of ...
Statewide candidates have typically debated before the Virginia Bar Association. This year, neither campaign agreed. It’s unclear whether we’ll see any debates this year.