During their recent session, Virginia legislators spent a surprising amount of time dealing with mundane matters – like telling slackers in four localities to mow their lawns. In Virginia, it takes a state law for local governments to order residents to cut their grass or remove trash from their property. That’s because Virginia follows a legal doctrine called the Dillon Rule.

For the third time, the Virginia Senate has refused to compromise on a new state budget, preventing the General Assembly from approving a spending plan for the next two years.

I received the following document in an email from Dave Potvin, for Occupy Norfolk. The subject line: “Occupy The Tunnels!”

Earth Day 2012 offers Congress and Virginia’s legislature the opportunity to produce their own “act of green” by green-lighting offshore wind energy generation and putting to bed offshore drilling.

SLUTWalk Norfolk has become more than just an event—it has become a community, a safe-space to share our stories and our journeys of survival.

Sen. John C. Miller, D-Newport News, has proposed that voters be able to request and receive an absentee ballot by email.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus’s cruel caravan won’t be welcomed in Hampton Roads by anyone who cares about animals—and it appears that circus management knows it’s not wanted here.

Let’s showcase our talents, Norfolk. Show the world what they’ve been missing.

I’m really trying to not be too cynical about Autism Awareness Month, but it’s complicated because I am all too aware of autism.