Over budget and behind schedule is the typical state of affairs.

The Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority has myriad problems, from an infrastructure that needs expensive repairs to a long history of leaders who have failed or bailed.

There may be an economic crisis, but there is certainly no compassion crisis — not in Central Virginia.

Home borrowers who didn’t understand (or refused to accept) the meaning of a balloon mortgage, then failed to meet the rising cost of their mortgages, contributed to the current financial crisis.

A good detective can find a clue anywhere … even when, ah, answering the call of nature.

That the Environmental Protection Agency misled us about the Chesapeake Bay cleanup program, as two officials say, is a shameful, shocking and sorrowful discovery.

Thanks to the Internet, there’s no “fresh start.” Once online, the past lives forever.

In Clinton, Md., last Friday evening, Mrs. Spruill was jumped as she entered their house. The two assailants planned to use her to rob the branch bank where she is an assistant manager.

Ten years ago this would have been shocking. Virginia, to release felons from prison early, just to save money?

Virginia is allowing overweight trucks to pound our bridges and highways, and is not being fairly compensated.

There, Bush International Airport has installed karaoke booths for bored travelers.

There, Bush International Airport has installed karaoke booths for bored travelers.

Everyone wants space at the trough.

On this day of glad tidings, let us revisit some moments of Christmas compassion right here in our community.

Under Gov. Mark R. Warner, the commonwealth decided it was time to meld and merge the disparate computer systems used by its many agencies into a single, seamless entity.

This is shameful.

Should Rudolph be known as Rudolpha?

In a typical move, Congress failed to provide funding for a new safety program designed to prevent drownings in pools and hot tubs.

Under the proposed budget Albemarle will raise your taxes not only to make up for revenue lost to declining property values but also to compensate for revenue lost from other sources.

The House of Delegates may still commit stealth killings — but at least now there should be fingerprints.

Wendell Wood has long been a savvy and successful developer in these parts.

Here’s a surprise: Even with the economy worsening, many Americans remain satisfied with the present and optimistic about the future.

Are you a happy camper?

A recession rears and, with it, a homelier head, that of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a man of ill repute and wild hair.

An auto bailout of any type bears huge risks for America, long term. A bailout of the type being considered would be a disaster for democracy.

The current administration was on the right track two years ago and more, when regulators warned about risky financial deals such as housing loans to unqualified buyers and bundled mortgage sales to investors who didn’t know what they were buying.

When the Sage Moon Gallery closes next week (temporarily, it is to be hoped), Char-lottesville’s Downtown Mall will lose more than a contributor to its commercial fabric.

How serious is homelessness in our area?

The year was still young when a controversial city decision killed one of the area’s homeless shelters.

Lord of all he surveys, Dean Kamen runs an independent realm — one that sits right off the coast of Connecticut.