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Augusta County sheriff goes rogue, declares he won’t enforce new gun laws
Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith has now declared himself, in effect, a constitutional sheriff – the final arbiter within his jurisdiction on new state laws set to go into effect on July 1 on gun rights.
Staunton: Mary Baldwin University put on probation by accreditation body
Mary Baldwin University has been placed on probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, which cited the school’s fiscal struggles in a public disclosure dated June 26.
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Waynesboro: No update on vehicle break-ins that included police cars
It’s been three weeks since a rash of vehicle break-ins in Waynesboro that included at least two belonging to Albemarle County Police officers, and we still have no word on the status of the investigation by Waynesboro Police.
Trump Court strikes back at POTUS effort to end birthright citizenship
A Supreme Court ruling upholds the constitutional notion of birthright citizenship that has been the law of the land since the 1860s.
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Trump Court upholds state laws banning trans athletes from female sports
The Trump Court was asked to weigh in on laws and regulations in 29 states, including Virginia, banning trans athletes from competing in youth and college sports.
UVA Basketball: Ty Jerome may be the next guy to be moved out of Memphis
My initial reaction to the news that the Memphis Grizzlies had finally moved on from Ja Morant, trading the former #2 overall pick to Portland, was, The Grizz are Ty Jerome’s team now.
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Virginia formally back as member of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Virginia is back as a member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, following a lengthy legal battle initiated by former Gov. Glenn Youngkin playing politics with the environment, as MAGAs are wont to do.
Ryan-killer Harmeet Dhillon leading Trump DOJ effort to gut Virginia assault weapons ban
Critics of Virginia’s new ban on assault weapons want you to believe that it’s prima facie unconstitutional. How you can tell it’s not: the Trump DOJ is putting its foot down, and that foot is Harmeet Dhillon.
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