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During Child Abuse Prevention Month Families Forward Virginia, the state chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America, highlights prevention programs which strengthen families so all children experience safe, nurturing childhoods.
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When University of Virginia alumna Sharon L. Wood was about 8 years old, her father, a civil engineer, took her to a construction site where he was working.
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Shenandoah University’s English Department and the Willa Cather Endowment will host “Writing for Computer Games,” a discussion featuring award-winning science fiction writer and computational linguist Tracy Canfield.
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Carrie Morgridge, vice president and chief disruptor of the Morgridge Family Foundation, will provide the Bridgewater College 2018 commencement address on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m.
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Attorney General Mark Herring filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from undermining the 2020 decennial census with a “poison pill” citizenship inquiry that the U.S. Census Bureau has said is likely to depress response and compromise the accuracy of the census.
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Implementing tariffs unilaterally on China exposes the U.S. to retaliatory tariffs that could rocket the United States into a trade war with China, says Virginia Tech expert Jason Grant.
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More than 475 Virginia high school seniors spent the day on March 20 shadowing bankers at 35 banks across the Commonwealth as part of VBA Bank Day.
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Five senior education students from Eastern Mennonite University were selected to attend the March 2-3 Teachers of Promise Foundation Institute in Richmond. The annual event brings together 100 outstanding pre-service teachers from Virginia for recognition, mentorship and professional development.
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A version of a bill offered by Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to fix a glitch in a federal loan forgiveness program that is leaving teachers, soldiers, social workers, and other public servants with massive loan balances they thought would be forgiven passed Congress.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) issued the following statements after Congress approved a $1.3 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018.
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