The Virginia General Assembly returns Jan. 8 for a pivotal legislative season testing the balance of power between a GOP governor and a Democratic-controlled legislature. This article was reprinted with permission from Virginia Mercury. The Virginia General Assembly is set to return on Jan. 8, kicking off a pivotal legislative season that will test the…
Earlier this year the students of Freedom High School teacher Carlos Wallace learned about soil testing and the pumpkin life cycle, as part of a project to grow a pumpkin patch in the Prince William County school’s greenhouse. Freedom High School students and teacher Carlos Wallace standing with poinsettias in the greenhouse. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) WTOP/Scott…
Va.’s recidivism rate still among lowest in country RICHMOND — Virginia’s recidivism rate remains among the nation’s lowest for a fifth year. Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday that the state’s current rate is about 24%. Virginia’s rate remains among the lowest of the 42 states that report reincarceration of state-responsible inmates within three years of…
Three top leaders at the College of William & Mary are taking pay cuts, and the school is instituting a voluntary furlough program in an effort to increase financial flexibility amid COVID-19. The moves underscore that as students prepare to return to campus, colleges and universities across the state are juggling financial pressures as they…
