VEA seeks pay raises

The Virginia Education Association or VEA is asking the General Assembly for a three percent pay raise for public school employees during the next legislative session. Craig Carper reports.

GOP seeks to expand state repeal powers

House and Senate Republicans are introducing legislation this session that would ask Congress to give a super-majority of state legislatures the authority to repeal a federal law. Craig Carper reports.

Another coaching legend

Brooks Smith recounts the accomplishments of VUU basketball coach Dave Robbins.

Author Rita Mae Brown speaks at Governor’s School

Best selling Virginia author Rita Mae Brown spent an hour with students at the Maggie Walker Governor’s School yesterday.

Judicial Watch files lawsuit for Homeland Security documents

A watchdog group is suing the Department of Homeland Security in the case of a man accused of killing a nun from Richmond in a drunk driving accident.

Electronic cigarette makers win court fight, won't have to prove they work to FDA

A federal appeals court says electronic cigarettes should be regulated as tobacco products by the Food and Drug Administration...but as Charles Fishburne reports, that came as a disappointment to the FDA.

Slight improvement in Martinsville unemployment rate

Some improvement in the jobless rate for Martinsville in October, but still the highest in the state.

USPS sets mailing deadlines for Christmas and extends hours at some post offices

The US Postal Service has rolled out its holiday schedule with some deadlines and some expanded hours in the coming days...Charles Fishburne reports.

Cuccinelli says more states to join in opposition to health care reform

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says he believes support is growing nationwide for his suit and other suits like it against the federal health care reform package. Craig Carper reports.

State police ask hunters to help them sniff out marijuana in the woods

Virginia State Police are looking for marijuana in the woods, and are calling on hunters to help them out. Charles Fishburne reports.