UVa. baseball sweeps N.C. State, improves to 21-2
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The No. 11 Virginia baseball team swept a doubleheader against NC State, winning the opener 8-2 before clinching the series with a 4-3 victory in game two.
Search Results for Virginia State University
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National 2013 County Health Rankings: Region middle of the pack statewide
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The fourth annual County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, released today by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, indicates that Fairfax County has the healthiest residents in Virginia while the city of Petersburg ranks as the least healthy locality in the state.
Former Virginia Tech assistant Mike O’Cain named offensive coordinator at JMU
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James Madison University Football has named Mike O’Cain as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, head coach Mickey Matthews announced today.
Court of Appeals strikes down Virginia sodomy law
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By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today held that Virginia’s “Crimes Against Nature” statute, which criminalizes all acts of oral and anal sex (including private acts between consenting married and unmarried adults), is unconstitutional.
Virginia agricultural exports reach all-time high in 2012
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that agricultural exports from Virginia reached a new all-time high of $2.61 billion in 2012, shattering the previous record set last year by almost 12 percent. The governor’s announcement came during his keynote remarks at the fifth annual Governor’s Conference on Agricultural Trade in Richmond. The conference runs through Friday.
Party-line vote kills State Senate bill requiring welfare drug tests
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A party-line 20-19 vote on Monday killed a Senate bill that would have forced welfare recipients to submit to mandatory drug tests.
Poll: Virginians support increased K-12 school funding
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In yet another year of concerns over budget balancing, Virginians remain strongly supportive of funding for public schools, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
Should the state mandate drug testing for welfare recipients?
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Senate Democrats are drawing attention today to a vote in the Senate Finance Committee advancing legislation introduced by Republican State Sen. Bill Carrico that instucts localities to subject “suspicious” welfare recipients to drug tests.
Cooper Center releases official 2012 population estimates for Virginia
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Population growth in Virginia outpaced the nation, with highly varied growth across localities, according to the most recent official annual population estimates for the state developed by demographers from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Rick Webb: Overruling self-governance in rural Virginia
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Why is it that some of Virginia’s urban politicians show so little respect for the citizens of our rural counties? I refer to State Sens. Dick Saslaw (D) of Springfield and John Watkins (R) of Midlothian, who have co-sponsored a bill (SB 1341) before the General Assembly that would override local authority over the siting of commercial wind energy projects. They follow in the footsteps of State Senator Frank Wagner (R) of Virginia Beach, who for years has worked on behalf of corporate wind and against the interests of rural communities.
