Within the heart of every lawmaker that ever lived burns a dream, an aspiration, a hope.
Protecting the dignity of transgender Americans is a noble cause. Their equal access to housing, jobs, services and other social opportunities should be a legal right. Unfortunately, the “bathroom war” begun by the Obama administration may actually impede this goal.
WILL THE NORFOLK you love be around for your children to enjoy? Who will decide what our future looks like?
IN TODAY’S POLARIZED political climate, we don’t often see Republicans and Democrats unified on how to solve the most pressing challenges. It’s an unfortunate reality of modern politics, one that voters often lament. So on those rare occasions when Republicans and Democrats actually do unite…
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District wants to save the Chesapeake Bay — and a lot more, if that’s not enough.
ACCORDING TO THE Virginia Department of Social Services, there are currently 5,249 children in Virginia’s foster care system. Of those, 1,719 children have the goal of adoption.
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Suburban mom turned addict in a crack house: "My kids ... They watched me go down"
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We risked chronic brain freezes to taste the cream of the milkshake crop
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Harry Minium: Big 12 expansion could present an opportunity, or a pitfall, for ODU
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Brothers-in-arms, brothers by blood: Siblings command F-22 units at Langley Air Force Base
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A sign of the times: Norfolk shipyard is shipless
It took a few months, and will require more than $24,000, but Norfolk has begun to undo the error the city committed when it OK’d a banquet hall under a Navy flight path.
Nearly 15 years after 19 hijackers turned commercial aircraft into missiles, targeting symbols of American economic, political and military strength, the scars have yet to heal.
As the Internet exploded in the 1990s, retailers embraced the challenge of familiarizing consumers with a new way of purchasing goods and services.
“I have long said that community colleges are America’s best kept secret, but I believe it’s time for that to change. I believe we need to celebrate community colleges — and their students — for who they really are: innovative, inspiring and essential. Not just celebrate, but support.”
VIRGINIA’S political leaders agreed last month on a plan for dealing with troubled kids that in the long run should result in a trifecta for the commonwealth: A drop in crime, financial savings and rehabilitated lives.
Norfolk needs to do more for a business that followed the rules, but is now relocating.
Tax money shouldn’t subsidize bigotry, even when it’s in a fancy frame and hanging on a gallery wall.
Zealous neighbors too often disrupt the peace.
Rep. Forbes, facing tough contest, holds rare field hearing at Norfolk Naval Station.
ACCORDING TO THE Virginia Department of Social Services, there are currently 5,249 children in Virginia’s foster care system. Of those, 1,719 children have the goal of adoption.
IT IS IRONIC that as the debate about economic inequality is elevated to the national stage, some in the Virginia legislature are focused on enshrining so-called “right to work” language in the state constitution.
The Hampton Roads Sanitation District wants to save the Chesapeake Bay — and a lot more, if that’s not enough.
WILL THE NORFOLK you love be around for your children to enjoy? Who will decide what our future looks like?
IN TODAY’S POLARIZED political climate, we don’t often see Republicans and Democrats unified on how to solve the most pressing challenges. It’s an unfortunate reality of modern politics, one that voters often lament. So on those rare occasions when Republicans and Democrats actually do unite…
