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UVA’s Faculty Senate met today (Friday) to question President Jim Ryan and to consider several resolutions involving the use of force on campus. The group did not assess blame but called for an investigation as Sandy Hausman reports.
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Shenandoah County's school board voted 5-1 to rename Mountain View High School as Stonewall Jackson High School, and Honey Run Elementary as Ashby Lee Elementary. -
Poetry might not fuel cars or feed people, but it can feed the soul. And not only for literature students. Scientists write poetry too. At a recent poetry competition at Virginia Tech, the two top winners were science majors. -
There's news today that General Assembly budget negotiators and the governor have reached an agreement.Jeff Schapiro, political columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government. -
Earlier this week, UVA’s president and chief of police defended their decision to break up a campus protest over Gaza by calling-in state police. Thursday, a half dozen faculty members who were there disputed the official claims. -
Richmond City Council, backed by Mayor Levar Stoney, approved the bonds at a meeting Wednesday. -
The parents claim the system is designed for their complaints to fail. -
At the solitary stoplight in Boones Mill along Route 220 in Franklin County sits The Trump Store. Impossible to miss, the store and the town offer a snapshot of America’s political landscape. -
Candidates for mayor and City Council in local elections across Virginia are eager to tell you about their labor endorsements. -
Eighteen lawmakers from the Virginia General Assembly submitted a letter Tuesday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, asking the agency to deny the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s request to start running gas by June 1. -
According to new numbers from the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, demand has increased about 11% over the same time last year.
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