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Will voters want another Bush?

    Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is getting most of the attention lately as various Republicans position themselves to be a candidate for president in 2016.
    This would be the third Bush of his clan to seek the presidency, giving rise to some strong feelings one way or the other about dynasties in politics.

Bills being negotiated by...

    The second to last week of session is ordinarily one of the busiest.  Both House and Senate Committees have to finish work on the bills that have been assigned to them during this week, to ensure there is sufficient time for legislation to be debated in the respective chambers and – if there are differences – negotiated by committees of conference.

Worthy of a raise

By Amy D. Arney
Huddleston

    My husband is an investigator with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. His boss has recently been to the Board of Supervisors and requested a pay raise for the employees of Bedford County.

Shocking ruling

    The Capital News Service story by Noura Bayoumi starts like this:
    “She was 23 years into her marriage when her husband swung a hammer at her head – and missed. He later was convicted of a felony, and they divorced. But what happened next was almost as shocking as the assault: Her ex-husband asked the court to award him spousal support – and won.”
    That alone is inexplicable.

Protecting our shared values

By Sen. Steve Newman
23rd District

    In a week that included the lowest ever recorded temperature in our district and in Richmond along with significant snowfall, the 2015 Session of the Virginia General Assembly didn’t miss a day and has seen over 2000 bills work their way through the legislature this year.  So far, we have been able to protect many of our shared values of faith and family, support for Constitutional government, ethics reform and requiring government to live within its means. 

Session still in full swing

By Del. Terry Austin
19th District

    We just wrapped up the sixth week of the General Assembly’s seven week legislative session, but things are still in full swing.  We still have over 100 bills that the House and Senate must act on before we adjourn on Saturday.  Though I’m looking forward to returning back to the 19th District, we will continue to work hard here in Richmond.

Standing strong for the...

A decision made by a U.S. District Court in Texas just a few days ago has had a major impact on President Obama’s recent executive actions to unilaterally change our immigration laws. The court’s injunction temporarily halts the President’s deferred action program for unlawful immigrants, essentially ruling that he overstepped his powers in trying to grant legal status and “benefits and privileges” to millions of illegal immigrants.

The threat of ISIL requires...

By Congressman Robert Hurt

letters 02/25/15

Counting our blessings at BCM

    Today was a day for counting our blessings at Bedford Christian Ministries. 
    With the winds howling outside and winter returning this week, some of the volunteers at BCM were sorting and storing the latest donation of food.  While these 1200 lbs. of food came from the food drive recently conducted by the Bedford Walmart, we have been receiving both food and cash donations from many and varied sources in the Bedford community. 

Let’s not turf this issue

By Mike Forster
Sports Editor

    Let’s say that you are a parent of three children who are all of college age.  Let’s call them Jeff, Libby and Stan.
    Jeff has been in touch with a prestigious university.  A representative from this school has told Jeff that, if he applies and is accepted, the school will pay the full cost of his attendance:  tuition, books, room and board.
    You will not even have to pay for his application to be processed.