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Salem advances to Mills Cup
For the second straight night, the Salem Sox would not be denied! With eight straight wins and a two-game sweep of Myrtle Beach in the books, the Southern Division Champs now set their sights on the Potomac Nationals in the Mills Cup Championship Series.

Sen. Tim Kaine tours Fishburne Military School
Military matters are coming to define Tim Kaine’s tenure in the United States Senate early in his Senate career. Education has had Kaine’s attention since his first run at statewide office, his successful campaign for lieutenant governor in 2001.

McDonnell announces tourism marketing grants
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that nearly $1 million in matching grant funds will be awarded to 54 local tourism initiatives as part of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Grant program.

Mark Warner: Sequester is ‘stupidity on steroids’
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Tuesday chaired a Senate Budget Committee hearing on the impact of sequester spending cuts on national security and the U.S. economy.

Warner applauds military insurance program for move on autism coverage
U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) applauded the TRICARE military health insurance program for clarifying a controversial change in behavioral health care coverage for families with children who have developmental disabilities, including autism.

Ricketts among three judges appointed by McDonnell
Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced three judicial appointments to fill vacant circuit court positions that were not filled during the 2013 General Assembly session. Robert R. Sandwich, Jr., will fill the 5th Judicial Circuit, Stephen E. Sincavage will serve in the 20th Judicial Circuit, and Charles L. Ricketts, III, will serve in the 25th Judicial Circuit.

Northam condemns Gov. McDonnell’s ‘Road For Nobody’
Today Democratic Party lieutenant governor nominee Ralph Northam raised issue with Gov. Bob McDonnell’s wasteful “Road for Nobody” pet project.

Ken Plum: Bipartisan approach needed in evaluating lawmakers
The 2013 session of the General Assembly was a landmark one, according to most everyone who follows politics in the Old Dominion. It passed a sweeping transportation funding package that had eluded approval for at least a couple of decades.

$17.6B approved for state transportation improvements
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Wednesday new and sustainable funding from HB 2313 boosted the state’s transportation program to $17.6 billion for the next six years; a 54% increase in funding over last year’s approved plan.