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Virginia lawmakers took key steps toward making Virginia the 16th state to legalize marijuana, as the House and Senate voted separately Friday to allow recreational use by adults, with retail

Two members of an Oregon group charged with deciding who gets coronavirus vaccines next received racist, hateful and upsetting messages, prompting state officials to close public access to the group’s

Teachers want pay raises, and so do state employees. The Board of Education says Virginia needs to spend almost half a billion dollars to meet its own standards for public education. Home health agencies say they need a big boost in Medicaid reimbursements to cover their costs when the state minimum wage rises on May 1 and again on Jan. 1. But all of these big-ticket spending requests will depend on how much sustainable revenue that General Assembly budget negotiators expect to have for the two...

SALEM — Awards totaling $910,568 have been distributed to 150 Oregon arts organizations through the Oregon Arts Commission’s fiscal year 2021 Operating Support Program. There are 12 more recipients than

The wife of a Pilot Mountain man who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot now faces accusations that she, too, engaged in disorderly conduct

University of Georgia President Jere Morehead announced via email on Jan. 11 that the university’s Presidential Task Force on Race, Ethnicity and Community completed its work.

House votes 2021 BUDGET: The House has passed a resolution (H. Con. Res. 11), sponsored by Rep. John A. Yarmuth, D-Ky., that would establish the federal governments fiscal 2021 budget and propose budgetary levels for 2022 through 2030. The 2021 budget would include up to $1.9 trillion of spending on a new coronavirus relief package. Yarmuth said the resolution "was designed solely for one task: providing Congress with the option of using reconciliation to implement the American Rescue Plan and ...

A shallow view The writer of the Feb. 4 letter “Vacation for Parker,” responding to Kathleen Parker’s Feb. 2 column, “Republican Party gets the death it deserves,” seems to admit that yes, the Republican Party, on the national and even on the state level, is consumed by idiocy. But that doesn’t include him and others on the local level. I applaud his honesty. 1. to keep what he earns 2. to live in peace and safety He complains that the media “have cast Republi...

But there’s an appropriate place for them, the Christiansburg councilman said. “People shouldn’t have sex out in the middle of Christiansburg,” Huppert said. “That’s how I feel about gun control. There’s a place for everything.” Huppert is asking that Christiansburg consider adopting stricter gun control measures. The councilman’s call comes after the Blacksburg Town Council’s recent passing of an ordinance that will ban the carrying of firearms...

ELIZABETHTON —After serving 18 years as a member of the Carter County Election Commission, Millard Garland stepped down at the end of 2020. Since last year’s presidential election was one of the most controversial in the history of the United States, some may wonder if that controversy might have had something to do with Garland’s decision to leave the board. He is quick to say that was not the case. As has been the case fordfor all 18 years of his service, last year’s elect...