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Old Dominion University, ADS Inc., and the ODU football program will pay tribute to active duty and retired military members Saturday when the Monarchs take on UTEP at noon on Foreman Field at S.B. Ballard Stadium. The Military Appreciation Day tribute includes a WWII plane flyover as well as a swearing in ceremony during pre-game activities.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced on Friday 14 Virginia Land Conservation Foundation (VLCF) grants totaling $2.25 million. The grants will help add 2,000 acres to Virginia’s conserved lands.
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Columbia Gas of Virginia has filed to reduce natural gas prices in time for the peak winter heating season. The proposed prices would result in a 10.26 percent decrease in total monthly customer bills when compared against the same period last year. The proposed prices would take effect November 30, 2015.
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Attorney General Mark Herring announced today that Virginia will join a coalition of seventeen other states and seven major municipalities taking legal action to support the Clean Power Plan, a national pollution-reduction strategy that will combat the impact of climate change on Virginia’s economy, coastal communities, the military, agriculture and forestry industry, and the health of Virginians.
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The Virginia CIT Coalition named Middle River Regional Jail officer Andrew McNorton as the 2015 CIT Corrections Officer of the Year.
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During a visit to Perrymont Elementary School in Lynchburg last week, First Lady of Virginia Dorothy McAuliffe announced a 139% increase in the number of schools participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a new provision from the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act that allows schools with high poverty rates to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today pressed Senate leaders to take up and pass legislation to reauthorize the Perkins Loan Program.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced this week a significant increase in the number of Virginia schools earning accreditation in 2015.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday more than $503,000 in grant funding for fifteen agriculture-related projects. The grant funding will promote and enhance the competitiveness of Virginia’s specialty crops and create more economic development opportunities across the Commonwealth.
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The Clean Power Plan was published in the federal register today, beginning the process of cleaning up America’s dirtiest power plants, the leading source of U.S. global warming pollution. The rule’s publication is widely expected to trigger a new wave of polluter-driven attacks on the rule, both in the courts and in Congress.
