The following changes in recycling pickup dates have been made to accomodate the Thanksgiving Holiday.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office received a 2013 Selective Enforcement-Alcohol Grant from the Department of Motor Vehicles for $10,100.

U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va) joined Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing legislation today that will make voting faster and more accessible to all voters. The Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely (FAST) Voting Act of 2012 creates a competitive grant program to encourage states to aggressively pursue election reforms. It would provide incentives for states like Virginia to invest in practices and technology designed to expedite voting at the polls and simplify voter registration.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter to Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli encouraging them to take action to assist an innocent Hampton man in gaining his freedom and to reform the state's 21-day rule.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that total general fund revenue collections rose by 15.7 percent in October, primarily due to growth in individual withholding, nonwithholding and corporate income tax payments.

The cost per claim for medical care for injured workers in Virginia was higher than in most states and growing faster, according to a new study, Benchmarks for Virginia, CompScope™ 13th Edition, by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and university presidents Ed Ayers, Ángel Cabrera, John Broderick and Teresa Sullivan today marked the official launch of the Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic Food Drive to benefit Virginia food banks.

Redshirt junior Johnny Williams posted his first career double-double, and paired with clutch shots by classmates Sherrod Wright and Vertrail Vaughns, the George Mason men’s basketball team overtook Mercer, 52-49, in the opening game of the 2012 Ezybonds Global Payments U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

New report finds that closing schools during a flu epidemic could halt the spread of the illness and keep people out of the emergency room.

I wanted to share with you my thoughts on how the 2012 elections have affected the 2013 campaign for Governor of Virginia. There are many lessons to be learned from the 2012 campaign, and we have a lot of work to do to ensure that we win the Governor’s race in 2013.