Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, February 6. Also check out President Obama's weekly address, on "climate change and how the most ambitious climate agreement in history is creating private sector partnerships that are advancing the latest technologies in clean power"
- The Republican Refusal to Aid Flint
- Obama to seek double funding for clean energy R&D by 2020
- The utter nastiness of Ted Cruz ("From anti-Semitic dog-whistles to continual deception, his purpose is not to inform but to insinuate." Yep, so what does that say about the people who support him, like Ken Cuccinelli and EW Jackson?))
- The U.K. leaving the European Union could mean the end of both of them (Agreed, that would be HUGE mistake!)
- The special hell of a Ted Cruz rally: What it’s like to spend an evening with the GOP’s oiliest operator ("There's nothing quite like a middle school auditorium positively overflowing with Cruz supporters")
- Senators Warner, Kaine call for additional funding to respond to Zika virus
- What to Expect From Saturday’s Republican Debate (We'll see how Tea Party nut Marco Rubio handles attacks from pretty much everyone.)
- Sanders rallies take a darker turn ("The Vermont senator's hardcore supporters have turned up the vitriol against Clinton.")
- Ron Paul: Ted Cruz is no libertarian (Perhaps the first and last time I'll ever agree with crazy Ron Paul.)
- Bipartisan guns deal advances in the face of opposition ("A new clause in bills takes swing at Herring over state attorney general’s liberal record.")
- As Flint Fought to Be Heard, Virginia Tech Team Sounded Alarm
- State makes progress in effort to recover money from failed Chinese-led venture in Appomattox
- Hamlar drops out of firehouse primary for Roanoke council
- Bill: Let Virginia localities cut off water sooner
- Oil sheen found in the Potomac River appears to have dissipated ("From Roaches Run to Wilson Bridge, the oil, from an as-yet-unknown source, coated some wildlife.")
- Delegates try to ruffle Fariss' feathers over slingshot hunting
- Virginia Senate committee stops bill for mandatory full-day kindergarten (Yep, Republicans at it again...)
- Feds: Drug dealer used Virginia Beach cake shop to launder money
- A closer look at Mayor Kenny Wright's assertation that Portsmouth politics are about race
- Cool and mostly calm this weekend, snow possible late Monday into Tuesday
