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In a party-line vote this afternoon, Republicans on the Senate Commerce & Labor Committee defeated Senator Dave Marsden’s SB 681, a bill to raise the minimum wage in Virginia to $10.10.
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Taking part in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service, the United Way of Greater Augusta applied for and received a grant from Target to restore Community Child Care to its former glory.
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Spoiler alert: Selma, in theaters now, ends on a high note, with Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the State Capitol in Birmingham, Ala., marking the end of a campaign that pushed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his impassioned “I Have a Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial. Two weeks earlier, a young girl played in the first integrated tennis match on the public courts of Richmond, Va.
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Last week NOAA headlined their home page, “It’s official: 2014 was Earth’s warmest year on record.” NASA proclaimed in their January 16th news release video, “2014 was the hottest year on record.” But these announcements are effectively lies.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that a Virginia Department of Forestry resource conservation project is among 110 high-impact projects nationwide set to receive more than $370 million through the USDA.
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The Virginia Cooperative Coyote Damage Control program works to help farmers resolve coyote predation problems, something that is essential for those who have lost livestock to coyotes.
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Of all the casino games that transitioned to the Internet at the end of the 20th century, it can be argued that slot machines did so the most seamlessly.
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Despite visiting East Tennessee State University opening the second half on a 14-3 run, the VMI basketball team rallied past the Buccaneers and on to an 85-79 Southern Conference win at Cameron Hall.
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Damarion Geter saw it coming. With Longwood’s 85-71 win over Big South rival Liberty all but locked up, Geter watched as teammate Shaquille Johnson bounded toward the basket on a fast break and unleashed a one-handed windmill slam.
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