Both houses have passed bills raising the state’s top speed limit to 70 mph.

The incident happened a couple of years ago, but a judge has just ruled that it won’t happen again.

More than 100 diverse people were recently trained to help more than 40 discussion groups

I am so pleased the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act

As lawmakers make appearances on television instead of on the Senate or House floor, our children continue to suffer.

Thank you, President Obama, for making students a priority and not just a talking point.

All this at a time when cooperation — not competition — should be part of the solution for both localities’ budget woes.

Bend, scoop and toss, I do the Charlottesville 3-step to clear the snow from my driveway to get to the road to clear the snow piled by the plow, a dance I am doomed to repeat every two hours all day long.

When life hands you desolation … make artwork.

The passenger in the New York vehicle was masquerading … as a person.

This community has lost a legend. Greene County former Sheriff Will Morris is an icon in law enforcement and power lifting.

Immediately following the earthquake in Haiti, the University of Virginia Health System organized a donation drive for employees.

The tenants of Scottsville School Apartments and residents of Scottsville are so grateful for our levee. It faced a real test recently.

The president made a comment that there were different approaches to the current problems we face.

Colossal stupidity. Gov. Bob McDonnell pushes legislation through to raise our speed limit to 70 mph.

Once again, the road-clearing process has left our sidewalks buried and unusable.

So the Virginia Senate Republicans are going to vote on a bill that will make federally funded health insurance illegal.

There is a troubling area from which the administration seems to have no idea how to extricate itself: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Does it really take more than 2,000 pages of legalese and millions of dollars in special deals to cover the 30 million uninsured?

Kudos to The Daily Progress for the editorial on the death of former Greene County Sheriff Willie Morris.

Award of federal dollars for high-speed rail projects follows the same limping logic that afflicted some of the stimulus funding.

The picture is brighter for enhancements to existing rail service for Virginia.

Spending to open rest stops comes from the man who promised that the only way to meet the budget shortfall is cuts in services.

I agree with John Whitehead wholeheartedly; I think we have overreacted to the terrorist threat to our safety, security and way of life.

I have to say I am thrilled to see President Obama helping small businesses, small banks and the middle-income family.

It’s a Third World parking lot in a world-class city. But insiders say the lot serving the Charlottesville Amtrak station will be paved.

President Obama made an interesting, if troubling, comment in his State of the Union address.

With the advent of the computer age, libraries have become indispensable.

One authority might be born, one might die and one is in transition.

Now in my late 60s, having been born, raised and lived my whole life in Virginia