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March 03, 2008
Answer questions about security
Steve Scyphers, executive director of the Bristol Tennessee Housing and Redevelopment Authority, has refused to answer questions about the security of Edgemont Towers ? an apartment building where four people were shot to death last week.
March 01, 2008
Road Compromise Goes Down in Court
February 29, 2008
Payday Lending, ‘Downer’ Cattle
February 28, 2008
Four Victims; Many Questions
February 27, 2008
Getting a handle on the region’s asthma problem
February 26, 2008
Don’t Make it Harder To Adopt
Unkind cuts: Virginia looks to trim school budgets
It doesn?t matter which version of the 2008-2010 budget passes, state funding for schools will be trimmed.
February 23, 2008
New York Times piece on McCain missing vital ingredients
A friend and Herald Courier colleague, who is not a journalist, asked me Thursday what I thought about The New York Times piece on John McCain and his possible romance with a lobbyist during his 2000 presidential campaign. Here?s my answer.
One last shot to clear the smoky air in Virginia restaurants
The power to revive Virginia?s restaurant smoking ban legislation ? and give it a full and fair vote ? rests in the hands of one woman.
Bluff City should say no to recall
Bluff City voters are being asked to lend their support to efforts to oust three sitting town aldermen from office.
February 22, 2008
Marching orders from House GOP on smoking ban?
Virginia Delegate Dan Bowling offered a unique defense of his vote to kill smoking-ban legislation. The Republican leadership made him do it.
February 21, 2008
Fighting to open preschool doors
February 20, 2008
Real reform or a faux version?
February 19, 2008
Hard choices for rural schools
Sick cows are cause for concern
February 16, 2008
Doing the bidding of Big Tobacco
Testing the trailers
February 15, 2008
Of wine sales and redistricting
February 14, 2008
A dubious gift, courtesy of FEMA
February 13, 2008
Donors’ names should be public
February 12, 2008
A skewed process for scholarships
February 09, 2008
Time to invest in Virginia’s bridges
February 08, 2008
A border war, and smoking laws
February 07, 2008
Enjoying the perks of office
February 05, 2008
Payday lending reform bill is worth adopting
February 04, 2008
Seeking the truth in the town of St. Paul
A special grand jury investigation of the St. Paul town government could end with town leaders in handcuffs or it could determine that no crimes took place.
February 02, 2008
Primary choices make a difference
February 01, 2008
Smoking banned; text messaging OK
January 31, 2008
Pollution puzzle: Intense scrutiny of Dominion’s power plant technology is warranted
January 30, 2008
