LGBT advocates fight back on equal rights
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Virginia’s leading advocates for LGBT rights denounced an all-out attack on the rights of that community in nine bills currently before the legislature.
Search Results for Fredericksburg
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Followup: Yeah, that public employee salary bill stinks, as written
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I wrote a column last week poking at the Virginia Press Association for raising issue over a bill that would impact the disclosure of low-level public employee salaries.
Media types can get a little too touchy about FOIA
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I’m a journo, so I get it. Anytime a pol proposes an exemption to FOIA, I’m supposed to cry foul.
Virginia’s newest troopers graduate from State Police Academy
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Virginia’s Finest will welcome 74 additional new troopers and one special agent accountant to the Department’s ranks Friday.
Program removes more than 62,000 pounds of unwanted pesticides from Virginia
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced the results of the 2015 Pesticide Disposal Program.
Del. Steve Landes to co-chair Wytheville budget hearing
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Del. Steve Landes, R-Weyers Cave, will co-chair the January 7 hearing on the Governor’s Proposed 2016-2018 Biennial State Budget.
New leadership for Virginia State Police administrative bureau
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Col. Steven Flaherty announces the promotion of Virginia State Police personnel to executive positions in the Bureau of Administrative and Support Services.
Four Virginia newspapers, one television station capture Farm Bureau Journalism Awards
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The Tidewater News in Franklin claimed Virginia Farm Bureau Federation’s Ishee-Quann Award for Media Excellence, which recognizes the best of all entries in the organization’s annual Journalism Award competition.
Staunton VDOT District Public meeting to be held on Thursday
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The Commonwealth Transportation Board will hold nine public meetings across the commonwealth in November on prioritizing transportation projects. The Staunton District meeting will be held Thursday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Augusta County Government Center, South Boardroom, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona.
Tim Kaine introduces Senate bill to prevent opioid overdose deaths
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Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine introduced legislation to help prevent opioid overdose deaths by encouraging physicians to co-prescribe the life-saving drug naloxone alongside opioid prescriptions and by making naloxone more widely available in federal health settings.
