C-VILLE wins journo awards The Virginia Press Association held its annual conference and contest to celebrate the best work of newspapers across Virginia, from tiny weeklies to metropolitan papers. C-VILLE Weekly took home five awards at this year’s April 6 event in Norfolk. And we congratulate our award-winning colleagues at The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, […]
C-VILLE wins journo awards The Virginia Press Association held its annual conference and contest to celebrate the best work of newspapers across Virginia, from tiny weeklies to metropolitan papers. C-VILLE Weekly took home five awards at this year’s April 6 event in Norfolk. And we congratulate our award-winning colleagues at The Daily Progress, Charlottesville Tomorrow, […]
Governor Ralph Northam was in Charlottesville today to announce a budget amendment that would end the automatic suspension of driver’s licenses for nonpayment of court fines and costs. The amendment would also reinstate driving privileges for 627,000 Virginians whose licenses are suspended. At Legal Aid Justice Center, which has filed suit against the commissioner of […]
Things were looking good for opponents of Virginia’s automatic suspension of driver’s licenses for nonpayment of court costs. A federal judge had opined the state law is likely unconstitutional, a Republican state senator carried a bill that repealed the law, and it passed the Senate 36-4. Then it got to a House subcommittee, where four […]
Bad choices Photos appeared February 3 of Kappa Sigma fraternity members wearing American Indian headdresses (pictured above), and a since-deleted social media post captured Zeta Tau Alpha sorority sisters in sombreros and carrying maracas. UVA’s Inter-Fraternity Council condemned Kappa Sig’s “cultural appropriation” as being “prejudiced and culturally insensitive.” Governor Ralph Northam, in his first televised […]
A lawsuit to help prevent those unable to pay court fines from spiraling into further debt and prosecution got a significant boost last week. Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Joe Platania announced January 4 that he will no longer prosecute people charged with driving on a license that was suspended solely for failure to pay court costs […]
Driver’s license suspensions under siege A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction December 21 and ordered Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Richard Holcomb to reinstate the driver’s licenses of three plaintiffs who automatically lost their licenses when they were unable to pay court costs and fines. The judge said they are likely to prevail in […]