RICHMOND, Virginia, April 2 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * 62 DAYS LATER: Sears Still Owes Virginians Answers on Her Vote Against the Right to Contraception Act It's been 62 days since Winsome Earle-Sears "couldn't resist" voting against a bill that would guarantee Virginia women access to birth control and contraception. Sears has not answered why she wants to leave the door open to extreme restrictions on access to birth control and emergency contr  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 2 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Even on April Fools' Day, Winsome Earle-Sears' Extreme Record Is No Joke Even on April Fools' Day, Winsome Earle-Sears' extreme record is no joke. From backing the ongoing attacks on Virginia jobs to supporting legislation that would defund Virginia's public schools and rip away reproductive rights, Sears is out of step with Virginians. "Winsome Earle-Sears is a highly flawed candidate with  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Fotis Sotiropoulos named Penn State's executive vice president and provost following a national search UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Fotis Sotiropoulos, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), will serve as Penn State's next executive vice president and provost, effective Aug. 11. A world-renowned researcher in computational fluid dynam  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, April 2 -- DXC Technology, an information technology services company, issued the following news release: * * * Gartner Names DXC Technology a Leader in the 2025 Magic Quadrant for Outsourced Digital Workplace Services DXC recognized as a leader for third consecutive year, serving more than 700 customers across 68 countries ASHBURN, Va., March 31, 2025 - DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), a leading Fortune 500 global technology services provider, today announced it has been recogn  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 1 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Youngkin Increases Education Funding by Nearly Half-a-Billion in "Strong-Dynamic-Winning-Together" Budget Spending Has Increased 53% Per Student Since Pandemic * The Strong-Dynamic-Winning-Together budget increases funding to school divisions by nearly half a billion. Anyone peddling "cuts" to education is operating in the fact-free zone. * The Facts: the budget as amended i  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, April 1 [Category: BizTravel] -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release: * * * Hilton Announces First Quarter 2025 Earnings Release Date MCLEAN, Va. - Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HLT) will report first quarter 2025 financial results before the stock market opens on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, followed by a conference call at 9 a.m. EDT. Christopher J. Nassetta, president & chief executive officer, Hilton, and Kevin Jacobs, chief financial officer   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 1 [Category: BizMedia] -- PBS posted the following news release: * * * PBS Celebrates Science and Nature Programming # This Spring and Early Summer, with Dramatic Stories, Transformative Journeys, and Explorative Investigations Featured Programming Includes New Episodes of NATURE and NOVA, a New Season of CHANGING PLANET, and New Seasonal Content from PBS KIDS Favorites ARLINGTON, VA; April 1, 2025 -- This Spring and early Summer, PBS will celebrate science an  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, April 2 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * Public Comment Opportunity Opens on Two Water Quality Action Plans to Protect Local Waterways The City of Alexandria invites the public to provide comments on two Local Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Action Plans, which outline sources of pollutants and reduction strategies to protect and enhance local waterways. As part of the City's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 2 -- The Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * REMINDER: Winsome Earle-Sears Dismissed and Laughed Off Attacks on Virginia Jobs Sears: "Oh you mean it's not unusual? It happens all the time... And the media is making it out to be a huge, huge thing, and I don't understand why" Reminder, in new audio reported by Meidas Touch last week, Winsome Earle-Sears dismisses and downplays the attacks on Virginia jobs saying "the media is making it   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 2 -- University of Virginia Health issued the following news release: * * * New Options for Controlling Type 2 Diabetes Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year, UVA Health diabetes experts note in a new paper highlighting a growing array of treatment options. The pragmatic new paper urges doctors to consider not just traditional diabetes medicines but emerging alternatives t  more

ETTRICK, Virginia, April 2 -- Virginia State University issued the following news: * * * Virginia State University Faculty Member Awarded Prestigious ACLS Research Grant Dr. Samuel Rowley has received funding for his project examining the impact of HBCU wind bands. Virginia State University is proud to recognize Dr. Samuel Rowley, Chairman of the Department of Music, for being selected as a 2025 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) HBCU Faculty Grantee. Dr. Rowley was one of 12 recip  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news on April 1, 2025: * * * Governor Patrick Morrisey Announces Boone and Raleigh Counties Receive Federal Assistance for Flood Recovery Charleston, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey announced today that the federal government accepted his request for Individual Assistance and Public Assistance in Raleigh County. In Boone County, the Governor's request for Public Assistance was accepted. "As   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 2 -- The West Virginia Democratic Party issued the following news release on April 1, 2025: * * * WV Democrats Condemn Republican Effort to Strip Protections from Victims of Child Sexual Abuse CHARLESTON, WV -- The West Virginia Democratic Party today condemned House Republicans for championing House Bill 3516, a dangerous and callous attempt to roll back legal protections for survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The bill repeals key provisions of a 2020 law,   more