Also, Gov. Youngkin hasn’t renewed a call for students to submit Black History and Asian American History marker proposals.
Tag: Ralph Northam
Posted inOpinion
Why did Senate Finance strip funding for UVa Wise?
General Assembly has an opportunity to make a foundational investment in Southwest Virginia. Will it?
Posted inOpinion
A thank you to Virginia
Gov. Ralph Northam’s chief of staff reflects on the past four years.
Posted inPolitics
Northam proposes $500 million for school construction
Outgoing governor touts strong economy and a record $2.6 billion surplus in his final budget.
Posted inPolitics
Southwest, Southside get $705 million to close broadband gap
Northam also proposes $11.4 million in funding for UVA Wise.
Posted inPolitics
‘We are fighting a biological war’
Northam urges residents in rural Virginia, where vaccination hesitancy is the highest, to roll up their sleeves.
Posted inOpinion
How the University of Virginia should use its record endowment
It should use some of that to build an “innovation campus” in Southwest Virginia to mirror the one Virginia Tech is building in Northern Virginia.
Posted inCulture
‘A miracle in the mountains’
The historic Green Pastures, once the only outdoor recreation area for Black Virginians, has reopened in Alleghany County.