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Photos by Crystal Graham [email protected] A capacity crowd helped presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama kick off his general-election campaign Thursday at the Nissan Pavilion in Northern Virginia. Obama addressed his campaign theme of “Change We Can Believe In” with U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and Gov. Tim Kaine, D-Va., at his side.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s all good for Mark Warner right now with five months and change to go to Election Day. Warner is viewed favorably by just under half of registered voters in Virginia, according to a poll conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University that was released today.
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I was supposed to interview a bestselling author in person here at the Augusta Free Press headquarters on Friday, but Ellis Nassour never showed. I chalked it up to his busy schedule. Nassour was in the Valley over the weekend for auditions for the upcoming…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Alicia’s Law will double the capacity of law enforcement in Virginia to arrest online child predators. That was the message delivered yesterday at a news conference to talk up Alicia’s Law, a legislative initiative led by House Democratic Caucus chair Brian Moran this year.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Northern Virginia Democratic legislator Steve Shannon will be in Harrisonburg for a fund-raiser for a pair of Harrisonburg City Council Democratic candidates Friday evening. Shannon, who is exploring a bid for the 2009 Democratic Party attorney-general nomination, will be at Blue Nile Cafe, 181 N. Main St., Harrisonburg, at the…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Rockbridge Republican Del. Ben Cline is “disappointed but not surprised” that Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine has proposed a series of small tax and fee increases to provide funding for transportation maintenance and funding. “As a member of the House Finance Committee, I have listened to Gov. Kaine ask time and…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Perhaps Bob McDonnell missed something. “While I have worked closely and in agreement with the governor on many important reforms for our citizens, I cannot support the governor’s tax and spend philosophy as outlined in his transportation plan,” the presumptive 2009 Republican Party gubernatorial nominee said in a statement released…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] When we think the words attorney general, we think crime and justice. We don’t think about the role that an attorney general plays in how government runs on a day-to-day basis. Just because we don’t think about it doesn’t mean that it’s not an important part of the job.
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The Top Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The last time that you were paying any attention to the U.S. Senate race, former governor Jim Gilmore was the Republican candidate. Be careful now, though, because Gilmore has two opponents for that GOP nomination that you might have assumed was an automatic. Northern Virginia state delegate Bob…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Legislation sponsored by Virginia senators Jim Webb and John Warner to designate a 175-mile corridor along U.S. 15 in Northern Virginia and Central Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic as a National Heritage Area passed the U.S. Senate today. The region designated by the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act…
