RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * As Sears Backs Trump's Attacks on Virginia Jobs and Economy, Unemployment Continues to Rise * # Dogwood : "Virginia workers could be in even more trouble this year unless better policies are put in place to address the affordability crisis" VIRGINIA - As Winsome Earle-Sears backs Donald Trump's attacks on Virginia jobs and the Commonwealth's economy, unemployment rose for the 7th month i  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Aug. 29 -- The Virginia Democratic Party posted the following news release: * * * John Reid Falsely Claims It's "A Lie" That Over 300,000 Virginians At Risk Of Losing Health Care * # Richmond, Virginia - During a recent interview on WSET, John Reid denied that over 300,000 Virginians could lose health care access because of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's tax bill, which he supported, calling the estimates from the Congressional Joint Economic Committee " a lie." From fi  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Aug. 29 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Photo Op: PETA's Giant 'Crying Elephant' to Urge Sharon Shriners to End Cruel Animal Acts * Palestine, Texas - On Tuesday, PETA's 20-foot-tall "crying elephant" and a herd of animal advocates will rally outside the opening performance of the Sharon Shrine Circus with signs proclaiming, "Elephants Beaten and Chained for Shrine Circuses." The spectacle is part   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 30 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Xuan Wang's CAREER project makes sense of scientific discovery A biological researcher turned computer scientist, Wang is building an accurate and trustworthy artificial intelligence system that can organize data from masses of published scientific papers so that it's easily searchable. By Tonia Moxley Extracting patterns and meaning from the vast and expanding trove of scientific data available to researchers   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Warner, Kaine, and Scott Slam Trump Administration's Withdrawal of More Than $39 Million in Funding for Fairwinds Landing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and U.S. Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) slammed the Trump Administration's withdrawal of $39,265,000 in federal funding they secured for the Fairwinds Landing maritime operations and logistics   more