Following the move to distance itself from its Confederate past, the Richmond School Board voted 6-1 to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary, not after a local civil rights hero, but President Barack Obama.

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Following the move to distance itself from its Confederate past, the Richmond School Board voted 6-1 to rename J.E.B. Stuart Elementary, not after a local civil rights hero, but President Barack Obama.
With both political parties energized for November turnout, the balance of power in Congress will depend upon hard work and grassroots mobility to turnout voters. For Garren Shipley, Virginia Communications Director for the RNC, “Nobody is going to out work us.”
Virginia lawmakers are hoping that if there is sufficient market demand for succulent snakehead fish, which is now going for approximately $6 per pound, the aggressive invasive species will be kept in check.
Virginia’s jobless rate is now at its lowest since October 2007, with the May numbers showing 3.2 percent unemployment, marking the best month following the national economic recession.
Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality was victim to a cyberattack in May, with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency unable to determine the origin.
The House of Representatives is considering new draft legislation set to advance exploration and production of offshore oil and natural gas; however, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam believes this represents a clear and present threat to Virginia’s economy.
As the general election season in Virginia’s Tenth Congressional District unfolds, the battle against Democratic candidate Jennifer Wexton and Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock will be clear: resistance versus results.
After all, if you’re willing to put your own staff in fake police costumes better suited for a frat party? That’s a pretty desperate play.
As the trade war of words continues between President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian nationalism is on the rise as people boycott American products in the Great White North.
VDOT said recently that fixing all the roads in Virginia is “impossible.” However, never fear, Domino’s pizza is hear with their pizza-saving paving operation.