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Virginia Commonwealth didn’t wait long to find its next head basketball coach. Former Florida assistant Shaka Smith will be introduced at the Siegel Center in Richmond on Thursday as the new head man. Smart, 32, replaces Anthony Grant, himself a former Florida assistant, who left VCU last week to take the head job at Alabama.
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Recently there has been much discussion, which is gathering momentum, to privatize the 41 rest areas along the 325 miles of I-81 in an effort to save the Virginia Department of Transportation about $12 million. While this may sound appealing in the short term, it will do little, if anything, to solve the much larger…
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One possible player in the University of Virginia men’s basketball coach search is out of the game. Former Virginia Commonwealth University coach Anthony Grant is the new head coach at Alabama. Grant will reportedly be paid in the $2 million-a-year range. VCU had reportedly made an offer in the million-dollar range to try to keep…
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A Richmond legislator and former chair of the House Democratic Caucus announced on Friday his intentions to retire from Virginia politics.
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As we recognize “Cover the Uninsured Week,” we can note the ever-increasing number of Americans who don’t have health insurance as well as those who can’t afford the spiraling costs of health insurance premiums and required out-of-pocket expenses. The average health insurance premiums for family coverage have skyrocketed 90 percent since 2000, leaving millions of…
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– Local News: Traffic delays on I-64 in Albemarle this weekend, Saturday, 4 p.m. – State News: Prosecutors drop charges against McCain T-shirt scofflaw, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: Community Bank begins food drive, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: VDOT road work schedule, Saturday, 4 p.m. – Local News: Staunton Police warn of…
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Are they throwing us a bone? That was my first thought when I got the news today about the almost joint appearance of the three candidates for the Democratic Party gubernatorial nomination at this weekend’s Virginia Young Democrats convention in Charlottesville. At least we get a shot at having the three together, sort of, in…
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Per-capita incomes are a little less than 80 percent of the state average. We’re older, more of us lack health insurance, most of us are overweight or obese, and a higher-than-acceptable proportion of us lack a high-school education. And yet for the most part, we’re doing OK.
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Good news for Democrats in the Valley who like to drive – you’ll have eight chances to get in the car for a couple of hours there and a couple of hours back to see Creigh Deeds, Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran together in person. “We are pleased to announce this debate and joint appearance…
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The news on the 2009 elections this week was supposed to be related to the first ballot-access petitions to be filed, and there is news there, with three candidates on the Democratic side filing their petitions with the State Board of Elections on Tuesday, the first day they could be filed. But it was something…
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