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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) today sent a letter to the chairmen of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, Robert F. Bauer and Benjamin L. Ginsberg, urging them to take strong steps to address the hours-long election lines that too many voters endured during the 2012 election.
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Prominent Virginia business leaders Jimmy Hazel, S. Buford Scott and David Addison announced their support for Terry McAuliffe on Monday. Hazel is the current chairman of Virginia FREE (Virginia Foundation for Research and Economic Education), a nonpartisan organization which provides information to Virginia’s business community in order to advance responsible, pro-business government. Scott is a former Chairman of Virginia FREE and Addison is currently a member of their Board of Directors.
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There’s a creaky old law called the Equal Pay Act, whose 50th anniversary is June 10. Unsurprisingly, a law that’s been around that long without being updated needs major repair.
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The Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) presented the organization’s Distinguished Service Award to two statewide legends in the field of athletic communications. Rich Murray of the University of Virginia and Dave Smith of Virginia Tech received the honor at VaSID’s annual meeting on June 6 at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland.
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The NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional baseball tournament is sold out. Virginia will meet Mississippi State in a best-of-three series, which will run June 8-10 at UVa’s 4,956-seat Davenport Field.
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Virginia football coach Mike London announced today that quarterback Phillip Sims is ineligible and and will no longer be enrolled at the University after completion of his current summer school session.
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The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank announced on Monday the promotion of Michael McKee to chief executive officer as well as the appointment of three new officers on the Board of Directors.
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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.
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Thomas P. Loughran Jr., MD, will become director of the University of Virginia Cancer Center, F. Palmer Weber-Smithfield Foods Professor of Oncology Research and Professor of Medicine on Aug. 15, 2013.
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Secure Futures, LLC, a developer of solar energy for non-profit institutions in education and other fields, announced today that it has signed a 20 year solar services agreement with the Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority (the “Authority”) to install, own and operate a solar photovoltaic project on the roof of a 60-unit low-income housing apartment building in Harrisonburg.
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