Gov. Terry McAuliffe has strong approval rating: Why?
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A poll out last week from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University has Gov. Terry McAuliffe with a solid approval rating.
Search Results for Mark Warner
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Lieutenant Governor Northam casts tiebreaking vote to end employment discrimination in state government
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Today Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam cast his first tie-breaking vote of the 2015 General Assembly in support of SB 785.
Past discrimination in Virginia remains root cause for denying felons the right to vote
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Recent Virginia governors have made strong progress in reforming laws regarding the restitution of voting rights for felons and ex-felons.
Virginia congressional delegation expresses support for 11 aircraft carrier fleet
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Today, members of the Virginia congressional delegation wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressing their continued support for the 11 aircraft carrier fleet in advance of the release of the President’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal.
Democrats win battles: But Virginia Republicans win the war
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Watching the State of the Commonwealth address with the sound down, one thing was obvious during the cutaway shots on applause lines during Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s speech.
The Top News Stories of 2014
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This edition of Inside the Newsroom dives into the Top News Stories of 2014. Host Crystal Graham and Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham have it narrowed down to five, topping the list with the trial, conviction and pending sentencing of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on corruption charges.
Governor McAuliffe announces $17.5 million federal preschool expansion grant
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Virginia has been awarded a $17.5 million federal Preschool Expansion Grant that will allow the Commonwealth to serve as many as 1,600 additional at-risk four-year-olds in new, high-quality preschool classes.
Virginia Tech researchers help set agenda on ‘Big Data’ challenges at Virginia Academy Summit
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Leaders in science, engineering, government, and industry will address fast-moving opportunities and challenges in the field of “big data” at the Virginia Summit on Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Breaking down the three-way race for Republican Senate nomination in the 24th District
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A third candidate has entered the race for th3e 24th Senate District Republican nomination: Dan Moxley, a former chair of the Augusta County Republican Committee who owns a small business based in Pennsylvania.
Jim Webb for president: Who woulda thunk it?
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The last place that Jim Webb seemed to want to be was there. There, this particular afternoon, was Court Square Theater, toward the end of his 2006 Senate race.
