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During a tour with industry and university cybersecurity leaders, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Thursday the opening of the MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator and the first companies to be accepted in the accelerator.
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The U.S. tax code is littered with wasteful loopholes and preferential rules written by insider lobbyists to benefit powerful corporations and wealthy special interests. For them, these loopholes do indeed represent an enormous and bountiful treasure.
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A legal ruling emerging last week from a storefront courtroom in rural Pottsville, Pennsylvania, could impact tens of millions of baby boomers nationwide caring for their aging and dying parents. This relatively obscure court’s decision could chill good end-of-life medical care and diminish legal options nationwide.
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With another alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government against the rebels that has killed civilians, the White House seems poised to take military action in Syria. At the same time, foreign policy organizations, like Peace Action, have intensified their pressure on the Obama administration to seek political solutions.
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The Virginia Department of Health is introducing a web-based Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, designed to encourage greater participation in the survey, particularly among underrepresented groups.
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Virginia Organizing will host a community gathering in support of comprehensive immigration reform with U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, on Monday, August 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Court Square.
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Del. R. Steven Landes, (R-Weyers Cave), along with Sen. Emmett W. Hanger, Jr, (R-Augusta County), and Delegates Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Ben Cline (R-Amherst), and Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) have signed on to the Amici Brief in Town of Greece v. Galloway, which has now been filed with the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Nearly everyone agrees that we need to fix our nation’s broken immigration system, but the House and Senate are taking two very different approaches to solving this complex issue. The Senate recently passed a massive 1,000 page immigration bill; however, it largely fails to address the problems with our current immigration system.
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President Obama is right to address the urgent need to modernize our once grand infrastructure. Unfortunately, the president’s corporate tax reforms would leave us in a deeper hole down the road.
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More than 60 renowned chamber musicians from across Europe and the U.S. will perform about 30 innovative programs in historic venues including the Blackfriars Playhouse during the nine days of the Staunton Music Festival,Aug. 16-24.
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