Immigration bill gains momentum with Senate committee OK
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A comprehensive immigration reform bill has moved from the Senate Judicial Committee’s consideration to the full Senate for debate.
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Roger Freeman: Renewable energy standards
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For the first time, a United States president has announced that tackling climate change is a national priority. Yet, Congress shows no signs of passing meaningful legislation – for now, it’s up to states and localities to turn this declaration into action.
Virginia State Police draw attention to Move Over law
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Did you also know that almost every state in the nation has some form of a “Move Over” law?* Move Over laws protect those working on and along our roadways.
Earth Talk: Dust Bowl days are here again
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Indeed we are embroiled in what many consider the worst drought in the U.S. since the “Dust Bowl” days of the 1930s that rendered some 50 million acres of farmland barely usable.
Karen Kwiatkowski: God Bless the USA!
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We citizens of the USA are represented by the very best of us. The Senate, in particular the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is filled to the brim with humanitarians, deep thinking wise men, and just good folks.
UVa. demographers’ new poverty measure finds rate in NoVa high
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Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service today unveiled a new poverty measure designed to more accurately reflect the economic distress among residents of the commonwealth.
Stamp Out Hunger food drive brings in more than 192,000 pounds of food
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank received more than 192,000 pounds of food during Stamp Out Hunger on May 11. That will provide more than 160,000 meals to families in the Blue Ridge region during the first few weeks of summer.
Feds respond to deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners, including the National Weather Service, continue to closely monitor the effects of severe weather that impacted Oklahoma and other areas within the Central United States, and at the President’s direction, are already providing resources to support the response.
Bath Senior Center One Step Closer to Historic Designation
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The process to obtain historic designation for the Bath Community Senior Center building, the former John Wesley United Methodist Church, has progressed another step forward. Beth Scripps, Preservation Planner and Research Historian with Frazier Associates architectural firm, visited Bath County on May 14.
Sen. Tim Kaine joins two Senate measures to end sexual assaults in military
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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Armed Services Committee, joined two measures today to combat sexual assault in the military in the wake of continuing reports of increased anecdotal and systemic failures to adequately address unwanted sexual contact within the military.
