The day after two Southern Virginia groups visited the Capitol to express their concerns over lifting the ban on uranium mining in Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell has asked the General Assembly to kee the moratorium in place for the 2012 session. We applaud the Governor for taking the cautious route. 

We desperately need jobs in our region but must weigh the potential risks before making such an important decision; given that the NAS report was just released in December, there is absolutely no way that lawmakers could have studied it and other reports fully. One only needs ask the citizens of New Orleans and Fukushima about the failure of designs in the face of catastrophic natural disasters.  Read the full press release on ReadTheReports.org.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has a cool tool that lets you create and submit your own budget proposals to balance the state budget.

Click here to create your own balance-the-budget proposal.

I never knew that Wayne Newton, Mr. Vegas himself, was born and raised in Virginia! 

Newton was in Richmond to address the General Assembly yesterday, and Shelia Bradley, 60th District Del. James Edmunds' aide, is pictured with him.

This morning Delegate James Edmunds joined with Governor Bob McDonnell in announcing the Governor’s economic development agenda.  Delegate Edmunds is carrying a bill, HB380 Governor’s Opportunity Fund, requested by the Governor.

Governor McDonnell outlined an aggressive bi-partisan agenda aimed at increasing economic developments in the state while specifically focusing on Southside.

Though we're not meant to be a political issues site, we do want to help the community stay informed; we receive Delegate James Edmunds' weekly General Assembly newsletters and will be posting them for our visitors' information. 

Any other regional legislators are welcome to send us their newsletters, and we will gladly post them also.