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Gov. Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today following a vote by the House Appropriations Committee to “pass by indefinitely” his introduced budget, which closes the health care coverage gap and invests in Virginia state employees, teachers, sheriffs, first responders and a host of other core priorities:
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Today, after Gov. Terry McAuliffe proposed his biennial budget that used $225 million of savings from accepting federal funds to close the coverage gap to provide a 2% pay increase for state employees, investments in the Virginia Retirement System, and Line of Duty funding, House Republicans can’t even get their ducks in a row to pass a joint resolution to move forward with the budget.
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Postgame press conference from UVa.’s third-round NCAA Tournament win over Memphis with coach Tony Bennett and players Mike Tobey and Malcolm Brogdon.
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The Presbyterian College Blue Hose put the tying and go-ahead runs on base in the ninth inning, but Jonathan Kelley retired Brandon Paul to end the game as the VMI Keydets posted a 5-4 victory in Big South baseball action Sunday at Gray-Minor Stadium.
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Senior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) scored 28 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the 11th-seeded JMU women’s basketball team to its first NCAA Tournament win since 1991 with a 72-63 victory over Gonzaga at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas, Sunday.
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The No. 3 UVa. baseball team scored six runs in the 11th inning in an 8-3 victory over No. 25 Miami Sunday night at Alex Rodriguez Park in Coral Gables, Fla.
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The No. 14 UVa. women’s lacrosse team (4-6, 0-3 ACC) fell 16-11 at No. 8 Duke (7-3, 2-1 ACC) on Saturday (March 22) in Durham, N.C.
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UVa. coach Tony Bennett and players Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell talk with the news media in advances of the Cavs’ third-round NCAA Tournament game against Memphis on Sunday.
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No. 1 seed UVa. (29-6) will play No. 8 seed Memphis (24-9) in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, March 23. Tipoff at PNC Arena (19,700) is set for approximately 8:40 p.m.
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Although I had the advantage of understanding where food comes, when I came to work for the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) 18 years ago, I realized I didn’t fully understand the complexity, diversity and far-ranging economic importance of Virginia’s largest industry, agriculture.
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