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Column by Emmett Hanger Wait a minute! We are talking about reforming Virginia’s antiquated tax system, and I mean really, actually debating the pros and cons of revising Virginia’s tax structure. For years, the need has been there, but it was more convenient to sweep things under the carpet rather than talk about it. Now it’s…
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Story by Chris Graham Don Michael doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. “The way I look at it, board of supervisors races shouldn’t be about party politics anyway,” Michael told The Augusta Free Press.
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Story by Chris Graham The camera is trained on Tracy Pyles. It is Sept. 19, 2001, and Pyles, a Democrat and five-year veteran of the Augusta County Board of Supervisors, is preparing for a candidate debate with Republican Chris Saxman. Pyles and Saxman are locked in a battle for the newly created 20th House District…
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Story by Chris Graham This time last year, Gov. Mark Warner was working with state-agency heads to figure out how to chop hundreds of millions of dollars from the biennial state budget to account for an expected revenue shortfall. This year, the governor and state leaders are busy trying to make sure that Hurricane Isabel…
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Story by Chris Graham Hurricane Isabel could drop as much as 15 inches of rain on the Greater Augusta County area on Thursday. Double-digit rain totals are likely if the storm continues on its current track, Virginia state climatologist Patrick Michael told The Augusta Free Press on Monday.
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The first that I ever heard of the new AEW champ, Darby Allin, having been accused in the summer of 2020 #SpeakingOut movement was last night.
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Kristi Noem is out as Homeland Security Secretary, getting the Cricket treatment from Donald Trump, who announced on Thursday that he will be naming her “Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas.”
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With breaking news on the war in Iran, now more than ever, the public needs to trust the people who deliver the news.
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A Harrisonburg dentist will join U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at tonight’s State of the Union address by President Donald Trump at 9 p.m.
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More than $20 million has been awarded in federal funding for fire departments, localities and organizations throughout Virginia.
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