We have a budget [April 24]

State lawmakers reconvened yesterday to take final action for the 2008 General Assembly regular session, passing a two-year, $77 billion budget and giving Governor Tim Kaine the power to appoint his own nominee to the state corporation commission, according to today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Local news, defined [April 19]

Think that the carefully combed coiffure of NBC29 weekend anchor Matt Talhelm seemed particularly crisp at 6pm? In a press release issued hours before the premiere, NBC29 announced that the station would unveil Central Virginia’s first local news broadcast in high definition digital video, the culmination of five years of work and $3 million. No […]

Correction from April 15 issue

Due to a reporting error, last week’s feature story [“We’re with the bands”] improperly identified Steve West as the original drummer of Pavement. West replaced original drummer Gary Young following the release of Pavement’s Slanted and Enchanted.

The Sixth Annual Homeless Census and Point in Time Count

More feature articles: Man on a missionJosh Bare is driven to shelter the homeless. Last week, the city wanted to shut him down. Now, it will try to help. However big you think you are The Rutherford Institute gets Where is the First Street Church?Shadyac’s vision is yet to be realized Is Hope duplicating PACEM? […]

Medical malpractice?

Plaintiff: Cynthia Johnson Defendants: UVA Health System, Commonwealth of Virginia, Dr. Kenneth Greer and John Termini Court: Charlottesville Circuit CourtWhat’s at issue: Whether the dermatology doctor is responsible for injuries allegedly inflicted by a student under his watch. On August 10, 2004, the plaintiff was a patient of Greer’s when Termini—a Louisiana State student who […]