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Spanberger: We need poll workers for Election Day, now more than ever
If ever was there a good time for the governor’s office to put out a presser about how we need poll workers for Election Day, today would be the day.
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The UVA Football roster has tons of depth across the position groups. The depth at tailback might be the most impressive.
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Spanberger team taking credit for tourism growth that happened on Youngkin’s watch
Tourism-related spending in Virginia has increased 3.1 percent, according to a release from the office of Gov. Abigail Spanberger, which, oddly, didn’t specify the time frame for the increase.
Spanberger goes on my favorite TV station, Fox5 DC, to talk up energy issues
Gov. Abigail Spanberger was on Fox5 DC on Sunday to discuss her decision to intervene in the proposed $67 billion merger between Florida-based NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy.
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We never got Sting-Undertaker: What other wrestling matches were we robbed of?
The item from last week about The Undertaker saying that Vince McMahon was the reason we didn’t get the all-time dream match pitting Sting and ‘Taker got me to thinking on the topic of, dream matches that we never got, for various and sundry reasons.
The clock is ticking on UVA, North Carolina getting SEC invites
Texas and Oklahoma were announced as pending members of the SEC in the summer of 2021, though the announcement at the time had them set to join the league three years later, in 2024.
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Spanberger: We need poll workers for Election Day, now more than ever
If ever was there a good time for the governor’s office to put out a presser about how we need poll workers for Election Day, today would be the day.
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