On a dreary, rainy Monday afternoon, with snow still blanketing the ground, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery’s crew and Gov. Terry McAuliffe held the official ribbon cutting for the brewery’s new location in Goochland. Hardywood West Creek, which is nestled on 24 acres...
DACA: Virginia DREAMers, Politicians React to Trump’s Decision to End Program
The Justice Department announced recently that it is going to end the Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country if they fulfilled certain...
UN asks Gov. McAuliffe to grant clemency for mentally ill man set for execution today
Two United Nations (UN) human rights officials have asked Gov. Terry McAuliffe to halt today's execution by lethal injection of William C. Morva, 35, a US Hungarian national. In 2006 after being held at the Montgomery County Jail on robbery charges, Morva injured...
Virginia schools now required to test for lead in water
With the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, safe drinking water is a high priority nationwide, especially for children. Beginning July 1, schools in Virginia will be required to test their potable water for lead. Senate Bill 1359, which Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed into...
Gov. McAuliffe proposes amendment to restore Virginia’s ‘one handgun a month’ law
RICHMOND – Gov. Terry McAuliffe has proposed an amendment to restore Virginia’s “one handgun a month” law. The amendment would make it a Class 1 misdemeanor for anyone other than a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun within a 30-day period....
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