Sen. Creigh Deeds (D-Charlottesville) said that he was not surprised by the resignations, but he emphasized that he had no prior knowledge that Spanberger would ask Board members to step down.
A Tazewell County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday that the Virginia General Assembly illegally advanced a proposed constitutional amendment on congressional redistricting during an ongoing 2024 special legislative session.
The bill would require appointees to satisfy all statutory requirements, take the oath of office and be confirmed by the General Assembly before entering office.
Attorney General Jay Jones (D) announced Jan. 23 that his office would initiate a “national talent search” as he hires new counsel to represent and advise the University and its leaders in legal matters.
The newest body of work from Karina A. Monroy, a Charlottesville-based artist and art therapist, is a careful, patient meditation on her own heritage and the role of maternal figures in the Chicana culture.
The letters, sent to Youngkin Friday by Sheridan and Wilkinson, offer an articulation of how outgoing Board of Visitors members understood the internal conflicts that preceded their resignations.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) appointed 10 new members to the University’s Board of Visitors Saturday.
Rector Rachel Sheridan, Vice Rector Porter Wilkinson and Board member Paul Manning resigned Friday, and two other Board members were asked by Spanberger to resign
The new General Assembly convened Wednesday in Richmond after resounding Democratic victories in November’s elections.
The Charlottesville City Council decided in a meeting Dec. 15 to discontinue its contract with Flock Safety — a company which provides Automatic License Plate Reader surveillance cameras to localities.
The Justice Department sued the Commonwealth Dec. 29 over a state law that allows undocumented immigrants to receive in-state tuition at public universities.
Youngkin and Earle-Sears appear to have stood alone in congratulatory reactions from state officials, as Democrats moved quickly to say they were not backing down from the fight to stop the appointment.
Deeds acknowledged that the University’s FOIA release did not include all of the materials that he requested.
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., former University student and football player, was given the maximum penalty Friday of five life sentences with an additional 23 years.
Four University alumni were defeated in their bids for re-election in the House, and just one newly elected member representing the University.
The outgoing governor claimed that Spanberger’s letter was “riddled with hyperbole and factual errors”
This affirms the authority of Virginia Senate Democrats, who have blocked over 20 of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointments to university governing boards since June.
Areas that felt the deficits include federally-funded research, telemedicine services offered through U.Va. Health and canceled flights for holiday travel.
In the letter, Spanberger urged the Board to hold off on selecting finalists in the search and not to appoint a president until she has filled five current vacancies.
After nearly four years in office, here is an overview of how Youngkin changed Virginia.
