Michael Martz

1 week ago | roanoke.com | Michael Martz

Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-2nd, say they will not support the budget bill that House Republicans are preparing to carry out President Donald Trump’s political agenda if it cuts health care coverage that vulnerable Virginians receive under Medicaid.

1 week ago | richmond.com | Michael Martz

Gov. Glenn Youngkin has less than three weeks to act on the pending two-year state budget, but Virginia economists and lawmakers are worried about the effect of federal job and spending cuts on Virginia revenues in the final quarter of the state's fiscal year, which began on April 1. Last week, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of $5.1 billion in contracts for information technology consulting services.

1 week ago | govtech.com | Michael Martz

Robertson, executive director of high school leadership for Stafford public schools, said she immediately thought the students were sharing a video on one of their cellphones, so she glanced inside the circle as she walked past. “This group of students was simply standing in the hall, briefly, and having a conversation,” she said, acknowledging that she felt “a little foolish and judgmental” about her mistake.

1 week ago | dailyprogress.com | Michael Martz

Marcie Rice Robertson was monitoring students' transition between classes at Mountain View High School near Garrisonville in Stafford County when she noticed a half-dozen students clustered in the hallway. Robertson, executive director of high school leadership for Stafford Public Schools, said she immediately thought the students were sharing a video on one of their cellphones, so she glanced inside the circle as she walked past.

1 week ago | roanoke.com | Michael Martz

RICHMOND — Marcie Rice Robertson was monitoring students’ transition between classes at Mountain View High School near Garrisonville in Stafford County, when she noticed a half dozen students clustered in the hallway. Robertson, executive director of high school leadership for Stafford public schools, said she immediately thought the students were sharing a video on one of their cellphones, so she glanced inside the circle as she walked past.