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Bob McDonnell: Wide support for amendments to transportation bill

Published date: April 2, 2013 | 7:33 pm

Updated: June 13, 2025 | 8:19 pm

Throughout the 2013 General Assembly Session, nearly 60 transportation and business groups representing a diverse cross section of industries and associations in all parts of the Commonwealth endorsed Gov. Bob McDonnell’s Virginia’s Road to the Future transportation funding and reform plan. The organizations listed below have now endorsed the governor’s amendments to make the legislation easier to implement and to address legal concerns about the bill and are urging the General Assembly to move the amended legislation forward.

McDonnell transportation amendments win bipartisan praise

AFP

Published date: March 26, 2013 | 7:31 pm

Gov. Bob McDonnell today completed his review of the major transportation funding compromise passed by the General Assembly in late February, and in the process proposed amendments to the compromise reducing the titling tax increase and also reducing the controversial fee on alternative vehicles by 36 percent.

Meet Mark Twain at WTA’s Gateway

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Published date: March 18, 2013 | 11:52 am

Actor Ryan Clemens, relative of Mark Twain (penname of writer Samuel L. Clemens) will bring his show Meet Mark Twain to WTA’s Gateway on Friday, March 22. His performance brings to life the celebrated American author and demonstrates that Twain’s wit and wisdom remain poignant and laugh-out-loud funny today, more than a century after his passing. The performance is at 7:30 pm. The Gateway is at 329 West Main in downtown Waynesboro.

Harris, Mitchell, Evans honored by ACC

Chris Graham

Published date: March 12, 2013 | 11:00 am

Updated: May 28, 2025 | 12:52 pm

Virginia junior guard Joe Harris (Chelan, Wash.) and junior forward Akil Mitchell (Charlotte, N.C.) were named to the 2012-13 All-ACC Basketball Team. Harris was a first-team selection and Mitchell was named to the third team. UVa senior guard Jontel Evans (Hampton, Va.) was named to the ACC’s All-Defensive Team.

David Reynolds: The Great Shell Game

David Reynolds

Published date: March 7, 2013 | 11:35 am

Updated: May 7, 2025 | 12:01 pm

After 27 years the General Assembly finally made some progress towards meeting Virginia’s transportation needs. That is, if you are willing to call the oddest collection of taxes and revenue transfers ever attempted since 1619 “progress.” I call it the biggest shell game to ever come out of Richmond. Or Williamsburg.

Kaine discusses budget uncertainties at Armed Services hearing

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Published date: March 5, 2013 | 7:22 pm

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Budget Committees, today discussed the impact of sequestration and continued budget uncertainty on Virginia and the nation’s military readiness during a hearing with General James N. Mattis, Commander of U.S. Central Command, and Admiral William H. McRaven, Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. The hearing follows Kaine’s visit to the Pentagon yesterday to meet with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Chief of Staff of the Army Ray Odierno, and employees of the Department of Defense.

JMU women defeat George Mason, 67-56

Chris Graham

Published date: March 3, 2013 | 10:23 pm

Sophomore forward Toia Giggetts (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) scored a season-high 15 points to pace the James Madison women’s basketball team to its 20th win, a 67-56 victory over visiting George Mason, in Colonial Athletic Association play Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.

Report: Hoops Classic raises $50K for food banks

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Published date: February 28, 2013 | 11:46 am

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday that the inaugural Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic raised an additional $48,695 for Virginia’s food banks from proceeds of ticket sales.

Sen. Kaine announces staff additions

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Published date: February 25, 2013 | 4:37 pm

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine today announced additional members of his Virginia and Washington, D.C.,-based Senate staff.

William Sheppard is topic for February history lecture

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Published date: February 20, 2013 | 9:35 pm

“William Sheppard:A Hero of Waynesboro” will be the February history lecture at WTA’s Gateway. Greg Bruno looks at the impact Sheppard, an African-American Waynesboro native, had in exposing the devastating role King Leopold II of Belgium played in the Congo Free State. The lecture is at 7pm on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro.

Search Results for Hampton

Bob McDonnell: Wide support for amendments to transportation bill

McDonnell transportation amendments win bipartisan praise

Meet Mark Twain at WTA’s Gateway

Harris, Mitchell, Evans honored by ACC

David Reynolds: The Great Shell Game

Kaine discusses budget uncertainties at Armed Services hearing

JMU women defeat George Mason, 67-56

Report: Hoops Classic raises $50K for food banks

Sen. Kaine announces staff additions

William Sheppard is topic for February history lecture

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