Once a feasibility study is done and all alternatives are explored, BRT may very well be considered the best alternative for State and Federal funding.

Using LEGOs and string to represent jobs, housing, roads and mass transit, the participants were tasked with determining where 350,000 more people might live and work in the year 2035.

The vote last night was wrong. We let irrelevant issues cloud the real question – whether Thorne-Begland was qualified and would be competent in doing the job of a General District Court judge – with conjecture and character-assassination.

editor’s note: this piece originally ran on my campaign site. It saddened me when this Tweet came through my feed from Virginian-Pilot reporter Patrick Wilson: Norfolk City Council needed to talk about public records. So they met in secret. Top secret legal stuff. Then there was a link to this story: “Norfolk council meets privately [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, the four candidates for the May 1, 2012 General Election for Norfolk City Council, Superward 6: John Amiral, Marcus Calabrese, Jesse Scaccia, and Barclay Winn (the incumbent).

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.

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.

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

AltDaily would like to publish one op-ed from each candidate this election cycle. We are not looking for ‘why I’m running’ pieces, but rather proper op-eds that address a single issue and how the candidate plans on ameliorating the problem.

Plus ways to connect with all the candidates.

Nine out of ten Virginians lived through a weather-related disaster in their city or county in recent years, according to a new Environment Virginia report. And that extreme weather is being fueled by global warming.

Almost every fuel we use or consume is a form of solar energy.

In talking with GLBT students and others, I heard repeatedly how important it is to have a place to relax and just be, without having to explain or listen to awkward comments or feel on display.

Plus cartoons featuring Gov. Bob’s commencement speech at CNU, Whitney (RIP), Catholic birth control, and more.