Tim Kaine comments on deployment of special forces to Syria
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees, released the following statement today.
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JTCI Brokerage has a new website produced by Augusta Free Press
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JTCI Brokerage in Waynesboro has a new website promoting its freight carrier brokerage business designed by Augusta Free Press.
Church spearheads effort to open new Verona Community Center
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The Verona community has never had its own community center. That is about to change thanks to an effort spearheaded by Verona United Methodist Church. If all goes according to the church’s vision, an 8,200-square-foot former grocery store on Rt. 11 in Verona will be converted to a community center providing space for community and area church activities.
Who should pay? Construction costs and the price of carbon
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As the owner of a construction company, I’m angry that politicians say we can’t do anything about climate change because it would hurt business. From my perspective, not doing enough about climate change is already hurting business – and will do much more damage in the future.
Fishburne senior Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed concludes dominant soccer season
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Fishburne Military School senior Baboucar Sallah-Mohammed is a striking presence lining up at wideout on the football field, and he would strike fear in the hearts of opponents on the basketball court. But Sallah-Mohammed’s heart is in his feet.
Governor McAuliffe announces new specialty crop grants for Virginia
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday more than $503,000 in grant funding for fifteen agriculture-related projects. The grant funding will promote and enhance the competitiveness of Virginia’s specialty crops and create more economic development opportunities across the Commonwealth.
E-mail query leads UVA medical student to Rwanda’s health ministry
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Anisha Hegde spent her summer writing a pilot survey to improve prenatal care for women in Rwanda on behalf of that African nation’s Ministry of Health. How she got there is pretty surprising.
Bob Goodlatte: Restoring Americans’ healthcare freedom
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Healthcare should work for patients, not against them. It should be about patient-centered care where families have the option to get the coverage they both want and need without breaking the bank.
Black jurors need not apply
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If you’re black, you may have trouble getting on to a jury. The way in which jurors are chosen in the United States is intended to ensure an unbiased jury; and part of that process is the right of “peremptory challenge,” by which the prosecution and the defense are each allowed to reject a certain number of potential jurors without having to prove them unfit.
Poll: Latest views on guns, mass shootings
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Republicans are less likely than Democrats – and, in some cases, even gun owners – to see gun violence as a greater threat than terrorism, and are more likely to advocate for more guns as a way to reduce shootings, according to results from the latest Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll.
