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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that leading Republican and Democratic lawmakers will carry the budget amendments necessary to implement the job-creation proposals he outlined in his Address to the Joint Houses of the General Assembly last week. In the Senate the amendments will be carried by ranking Senate Finance…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored 30 points and hit a school-record nine three pointers to lead James Madison (5-2, 15-3) to a 67-61 win at Georgia State (2-5, 11-7) in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the GSU Sports Arena. Evans scored 20 of her…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com James Madison (4-2, 14-2) outscored Northeastern (1-5, 6-11) 20-5 in the final 6:55 to post a 64-57 come-from-behind over the Huskies in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Thursday evening at Solomon Court. JMU junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) , the nation’s leading scorer, led all players with 29…
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Column by Sen. Robert Hurt www.roberthurtforcongress.com On Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, citizens from all across the Commonwealth of Virginia gathered at our Capitol here in Richmond for the inauguration of our 71st governor, Robert F. McDonnell. As the members of the General Assembly gathered on the front portico of our historic capitol, I was…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Virginia House Speaker William J. Howell, R-Stafford, announced today the creation of a special Subcommittee on Ethics to develop an update to the General Assembly’s conflict of interest rules and lead consideration of all bills introduced into the House in the 2010 legislative session relating to conflicts of interest….
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Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu On the strength of last Wednesday’s 90-67 romp over then-No. 1 Randolph-Macon, the Eastern Mennonite men’s basketball team jumped 11 spots this week to No. 7 in the D3hoops.com national poll. In just their third week in the nation’s top 25, the Runnin Royals skipped up from No. 18…
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Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Three non-conference games to open the season and eight straight weeks of league play are included in James Madison University’s 2010 football schedule announced Tuesday. The Dukes will start the season with games with Morehead State and at Virginia Tech, have an off week and then host Liberty before…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov My top priority is supporting job creation in Southside and Central Virginia, and I believe one key part of this will be putting our area at the forefront of the clean energy economy. In the next few decades, we will see a huge boom of energy-related advanced manufacturing, agriculture,…
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Monarchs roll past Dukes Staff Report JMU sports: www.jmusports.com Old Dominion (3-1, 5-9) jumped out to a 34-19 halftime lead and went on to post a 67-58 victory over James Madison (3-1, 13-2) in Colonial Athletic Association women’s basketball Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. Senior forward Jessica Canady (Williamsburg, Va./Jamestown) scored a team-high…
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Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell today announced that 47 groups from across the Commonwealth will be participating in Virginia’s Inaugural parade on Saturday, Jan. 16th. The parade will take place immediately after the swearing-in ceremony, starting at approximately 1:15 p.m. The parade lineup will include a number of organizations with personal…
