What do the Va. Senate, House proposed spending plans mean for higher education?
House Appropriations Committee recommends a $211.3 million investment plan for higher education, which is slightly less than the Senate’s plan ...
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Capito considering funding requests for several Mercer projects
By Charles Owens For Bluefield Daily Telegraph Bluefield — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday she is considering ...
On the site of the Potomac sewage line rupture that drew Trump’s ire
By: Christine Condon - Virginia Mercury At the site of one of the worst sewage leaks in the nation’s ...
Bill that would make it harder to sue against developments tabled for further workshopping
Hanover County NAACP said measure would have undermined their push back against a Wegman’s distribution center in the historic Brown ...
Trump turns to familiar uncompromising immigration stance during State of the Union
By Ariana Figueroa | News from the States | D.C. Bureau Gov & Politics Immigration WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump repeated his ...
Trump in State of the Union speech touts US ‘turnaround for the ages,’ attacks Democrats
By Jennifer Shutt | News from the States | D.C. Bureau Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used his ...
Dems ditching State of the Union blast Trump on immigration, ‘lawlessness’
By Shauneen Miranda | News from the States | D.C. Bureau Gov & Politics WASHINGTON — Some congressional Democrats boycotted President ...
West Virginia House passes bill changing deadline for candidates to switch political parties
By Steven Allen Adams The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON — A bill to increase the amount of time a ...
Poll: Virginians back tighter gun laws, favor current redistricting system
Roanoke College survey conducted Feb. 9-16 finds support for licensing and registration but doubts about whether stricter laws would reduce ...
What is ‘performance-based regulation’, and how can it lower utility bills?
Virginia lawmakers want regulators to study whether tying utility profits to performance — not spending — could cut costs, reduce ...