Andy Schmookler: The Republicans’ shameful divide-and-conquer strategy
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What’s better for democracy? Focusing on issues that divide us, and will likely always divide us, or focusing on values and goals that we share?
Search Results for Teacher of the Year
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Erik Curren: Freshening up the food pantry
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In a city of churches, everyone knows Allen Chapel AME Church, which dates back to 1865 and is the oldest church established by people of color west of the Blue Ridge, as a Staunton institution.
Campus events and activities at James Madison University
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Activities at James Madison University for the dates July 12-21, 2013
Father-daughter duo earn black belts at Waynesboro YMCA
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The father-daughter duo of Brian Cohen and Samantha Cohen were promoted to Shodan, the first degree black belt, after five years of study at the Chikubu-Kai dojo at the Waynesboro YMCA.
McDonnell ceremonially signs landmark education reform
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Surrounded by legislators and education policy leaders, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed today landmark K-12 education reform legislation. McDonnell signed HB2084/SB1175: The Teach for America Act (Cox/Ruff), SB1324: Opportunity Educational Institution (McDougle) and HB1999/SB1207: A-F School Grading (Greason/Stanley).
Warner introduces energy productivity legislation
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) has introduced legislation that would establish a competitive program of voluntary federal incentives that will encourage states to adopt strategies to improve energy productivity.
VCU adds Pulitzer Prize-wnning poet to English faculty
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Claudia Emerson, distinguished professor, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, will join the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English in the College of Humanities and Sciences beginning Aug. 15.
Frank Clemente: Apple Tax Dodging Highlights Need for Reform
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Talk about taking your business to “The Cloud.” In an ingenious effort to avoid billions of dollars in taxes, Apple, Inc., has been levitating subsidiaries between American and Irish soil, claiming that from a tax-law perspective, they exist in neither country and so are subject to neither country’s taxing authority. And, sadly, the scheme has worked: no taxes have been paid to the U.S., a relatively paltry sum was paid to Ireland.
Flag Day at Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
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In recognition of President Woodrow Wilson’s establishment of Flag Day in 1916, the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum will hand out flags free to guests on Flag Day, Friday, June 14.
Report: Seven traffic fatalities in Virginia over Memorial Day weekend
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According to preliminary reports, Virginia experienced its first significant decline in Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths in several years.
