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Filming of football homecoming scenes for the Lifetime original movie “Unanswered Prayers,” inspired by Garth Brooks #1 hit song, will take place at Varina High School in Richmond on Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m. For the day, Varina High School will become home to the “Stone Creek Wolverines,” Even though the calendar says Oct. 2, the…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] It’s a long time coming. Seventy-eight years, to be exact. Brig. Gen. Andrew Lewis (1720-1781), a Virginian of French & Indian and Revolutionary War fame, is having a bronze bust installed in his honor on Monday in the Old Hall of the House of Delegates at the Virginia State…
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Featured: Sen. Creigh Deeds, Sen. Mark Obenshain Creigh Deeds: Weekly Update www.creighdeeds.com The third full week of the General Assembly session ended in unusual fashion. For the first time in recent memory, the General Assembly took a snow day. Granted we have had difficult weather this winter, beginning with the snow storm in the middle…
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Featured: Del. Ken Plum, Del. David Englin Ken Plum: The LCI takes center stage www.kenplum.com Virginia’s formula for funding public schools is very complex. Theoretically the average school district would be funded half by the state and half by local government. In actuality, the split in spending for public schools is closer to 55 percent…
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Featured: Del. Bob Marshall, Sen. Robert Hurt, Sen. Walter Stosch Bob Marshall: Virginia, the president and Congress www.delegatebob.com Congress is attempting to make Virginia and other states mere administrative agents for dubious public policies that the Congress either lack the money to enforce or the authority to enact. Congress has seen states pay for the…
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Next Tuesday’s election will cut down two men who have the same desire. One will live for another day, a day in November. The last man left standing will be Virginia’s next governor.
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You could almost feel the love. It was Valentine’s Day at the General Assembly Building in Richmond: Never let it be said that our legislature is invariably behind the times, for it was celebrating two days ahead of everyone else. Doors were decorated. Candy sat on tables outside nearly every office. Sweetness, if not light,…
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A surprise move by the House Appropriations Committee has put local public-broadcast programs like “Virginia Insight” and “Virginia Farming” up on the chopping block. The Appropriations Committee in the Republican-majority House of Delegates voted to slash $3.2 million from funding to public television and radio stations. The impact to local public-TV station WVPT would come…
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Staff Report Dave Matthews and longtime collaborator Tim Reynolds will perform at the Siegel Center in Richmond on Sunday to urge Virginians to get out the vote for Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama. The 7 p.m. show is free and open to all Virginia residents and students. (Doors open at 6 p.m.) Tickets are…
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Video from Barack Obama’s visit to Richmond. Length: 5:36. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9OhVMHIuO4]
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