The Women’s Initiative, a Charlottesville based group received a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation last week.
If you’ll be staying around Grounds this summer, here’s a run-down of some of the big stories to watch out for.
Negotiations on the Virginia budget remain at a stalemate, with the contention over Medicaid expansion bringing Richmond to a continued partisan standstill.
University of Virginia Board of Visitors member William H. Goodwin Jr. was appointed as a finance committee co-chair for Ed Gillespie’s senatorial campaign Wednesday. Gillespie, a communications consultant and former White House aide, is the likely Republican nominee for the Virginia seat in the Senate currently filled by Sen. Mark Warner.
The Albemarle County School Board met to discuss necessary cuts to the county’s budget Thursday night.
Virginia Tech paid a $32,500 fine in February after a review by the United States Department of Education (DOE) concluded that it failed to respond appropriately during the 2007 mass shooting.__
The Virginia Democratic Party appointed Robert Dempsey to serve as the new executive director, Party Spokeswoman Ashley Bauman announced Monday. Dempsey will replace Lauren Harmon, who worked as executive director for the Democratic party for less than a year.
The Virginia Department of Transportation has taken plans to build a Western Bypass over Route 29 out of consideration. The decision poses questions surrounding the use of land purchased for the project. Many area residents hope VDOT will sell back the right-of-way for the land to members of the community.
The Charlottesville-based Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression announced nine recipients for the 2014 Jefferson Muzzle awards. The awards, according to the group’s website, “draw national attention to abridgments of free speech and press and, at the same time, foster an appreciation for those tenets of the First Amendment.”
Charlottesville may soon see a large increase in cigarette taxes. City Council convened to discuss the controversial tax, along with the annual budget and appropriations process.
The 3rd Annual Wyland Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation — a month-long competition between communities across the nation to see who achieve the greatest reduction in water and energy consumption — is coming to Charlottesville. The competition will take place through the month of April.
The US Census Bureau released population statistics Thursday that showed growth in Northern Virginia caused much of the increase in Virginia’s population.
The Office of the State Inspector General and State Inspector General Michael Morehart released a report Thursday, having completed an investigation of the stabbing of Sen. Creigh Deeds at his home last November.
On Wednesday, Charlottesville City Council met with the city’s School Board in order to discuss numerous funding issues and the amount allocated to the Board by the Council.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday said Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s approval rating is at 44 percent, with 29 percent disapproval and a 2.7 percent margin of error.
Charlottesville government general job applications will no longer include a question regarding past felonies, officials announced Monday.
Living Wage at U.Va. presented an open letter to the Dining Services Selection committee Tuesday, urging the administration not to sign Sodexo as the University’s new dining contractor.
The Gang Reduction through Active Community Engagement, a local task force, released a report last week finding that there are 183 active gang members in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
On Thursday Virginia Democrats launched a website claiming that Ed Gillespie, the Republican candidate for Virginia Senate, has been inconsistent in his stance on the Affordable Care Act.
Virginia Organizing, a liberal advocacy group, held a rally in nearby Waynesboro Friday encouraging the Virginia state legislature to pass a large expansion of the Medicaid program.
