The state of Virginia has just passed some major new laws about hybrid cars, standards of learning, hunting, ethics reform, mental health, and more that will take effect in July.
There are many ways, both large and small, that life will be changing for Virginians in July as a result of laws passed by the recent 2014 General Assembly meeting.
Most of the General...
Currently in New Orleans, marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman, but a local federal judge wants to change that. New Orlean's federal judge Judge Martin is currently deciding whether or not the state should be forced to recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in other states as valid in Louisiana.
"It is something that we live with every...
The city of Albany is moving to help drivers and hurt themselves. They are now installing new high-tech parking meters that allow people to pay by credit card, making it more convenient for people - meaning less tickets and less ticket revenue for the city.
They started to install the new advanced meters in 2011 and are continuing to add more...
Over 160 tragic victims of child sex trafficking were just rescued last week as part of a nationwide sting operation the FBI reported.
In addition to the 168 kids that were rescued from the sex trade, 281 pimps were arrested during the same period on state and federal charges.
"These are not faraway kids in faraway lands," FBI Director James Comey remarked in announcing the...
The the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce has just announced that 25,000 new jobs are coming to the Charleston area over the next 5 years. The Charleston Chamber has just finished conducting a study to determine what type of skilled workers employers will need to fill all those jobs in the years to come.
“Workforce shortages are happening across the country. You’re growing faster as a...
Lela Babb Burden was born on May 7, 1903 in Southampton County, she recently turned 111 years old. She remembers when people danced in the streets of Norfolk when Jack Johnson was crowned the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion in 1908. She wasn’t afraid to comment on the “white flight” in the 60's from Norfolk and Portsmouth to the region’s suburbs was silly,...
The legendary Star Wars creator, George Lucas has just announced the final winner of the host city to his overly-anticipated museum of art and movie memorabilia (most of which will undoubtedly be Star Wars related), in a huge victory for the nation’s third-largest city, Chicago won as the final selection.
The two other cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles were aggressive...
A new 'green paving' business, founded by Binghamton locals Zeljka Roksandic and Robert Gerard, is now showing incredible signs of growth. The business is headquartered at 123 Court St., where it distributes and sells recycled plastic grids for 'green' surfacing. They recently donated a total of 320 square feet of their product to create an access path at Columbus Park in the downtown Binghamton.
The...
Sean O’Connor from Atlanta was just blown out of his shoes on Saturday by lightning and miraculously lived to tell the story.
O’Connor, who recently turned 30, was casually raking his yard on Saturday morning when he heard a loud sudden crack. “It sounded like a tree falling over, it threw me across the driveway and knocked me out of my shoes.”
Disoriented, O’Connor initially...