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U.S. Senators Warner and Kaine, along with Representative Bobby Scott, announced that the City of Newport News will receive $500,000 from HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant program.
WTOP: Memorial Bridge could close by 2021, local leaders warn
Local officials say Memorial Bridge could shut down by 2021 without a major safety overhaul.
Jun 21 2016
The Memorial Bridge, linking Virginia to D.C., could shut down by 2021 if it doesn’t get a major safety overhaul, according to Virginia’s senators and the mayor of D.C.
Sen. Warner has spent a lot of time thinking about work. He believes the way workers are classified and the nature of the relationships between employers and employees needs to change. He spoke with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal.
As our society struggles to adapt to changing digital technology and the security implications of those changes, we should not let our recent focus on encryption of mobile phones blind us to larger issues at stake for digital security at the national and personal levels.
Sens. Warner and Kaine are among a group of senators pushing for action on a list of stalled health care projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs that includes an outpatient center planned for South Hampton Roads.
To start, Congress should pass without delay Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Sen. Mark Warner’s (D-Va.) bipartisan proposal for an encryption commission.
Virginia Business: The future of work
Apr 04 2016
Warner, who is serving his second term as a senator, says statistics show as many as 60 percent of Americans couldn’t afford an unexpected $400 expense. “[We’re] at a real uncertain time,” Warner says, “and the best evidence of that is the political campaign that is playing out right now where people go to the extremes.”
Sen. Mark Warner (D., Va.) introduced a bill in Congress in January that would allow employers to put as much as $5,500 a year pretax toward their workers’ student loans.
"A good first step would be for Congress to pass the bipartisan Care Planning Act sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner from Virginia and Johnny Isakson from Georgia."
"Virginia’s senior senator, Mark Warner, held a town hall meeting with a group of Monacan High School juniors Monday morning, exhorting the students to remain engaged in the political process despite the “embarrassing” level of discourse in the 2016 presidential campaign."
