KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Saturday (March 19) that he carries the Umno identity in him and will not let the party's struggle go dim.
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Michael Pope has this report on where the money that once helped subsidize the industry will go next.
Renewable energy and data science will be among the new course offerings at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise – funded by savings from sunsetting Virginia s coal tax credits.
This April 27, 2016 file photo shows a coal ship as it pulls up to the coal piers in Newport News, Va.
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Senator Jeremy McPike of Prince William County introduced a bill to sunset the credits, and now Governor Ralph Northam is amending the bill to direct that funding to UVA Wise. McPike says the governor is fulfilling a campaign promise to help the struggling region.
Michael Pope reports
Now that Governor Ralph Northam has amended legislation legalizing marijuana so that it ll be effective this summer, lawmakers get another crack at it. They get an up or down vote when they meet next week, and House members are widely expected to approve the amendments. But then there are the Senate Democrats.
Credit Va Capitol Police Twitter Page; @VaCapitolPolice People smoke marijuana to get high, Senator Chap Petersen says. The Democrat from Fairfax City is opposed to creating a new legal industry for marijuana. Marijuana is somewhat unique in that the purpose of smoking it is to create an altered mental state, and that may be fine on your own time but once you legalize something people have the ability to pretty much use it anytime they want.