FMS PGs at #4 in national rankings
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Fishburne’s 102-92 upset win over then-#1 Massanutten Military Academy on Jan. 11 helped push the Caisson postgrad team up two spots in the national rankings.
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Poll: Virginians support homeschool sports participation
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Virginians support allowing students who are homeschooled to participate on local public school sport teams, and they also support allowing school districts to start classes before Labor Day, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University.
Bipartisan outrage over Senate GOP redistricting power grab
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Threats of lawsuits are in the air as Virginia lawmakers make sense of the unannounced amendment to the 2011 legislative redistricting rammed through the State Senate on a party-line vote on Monday.
Lilley joins Bridgewater College as director of institutional advancement
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Bridgewater College announced today that Todd Lilley of Bridgewater, Va., has been hired as the college’s director of institutional advancement.
Seminary professor also teaches beekeeping
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Kenton Derstine, director of field education at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, is not just mentoring future pastors, he is also mentoring those interested in the field of beekeeping.
Locally grown challenge generates almost $500,000 in pledges
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Since the Virginia Food System Council issued a challenge last spring for Virginians to spend $10 a week on locally grown foods, nearly 700 households and 30 businesses have pledged almost half a million dollars per year.
McDonnell promotes jobs agenda
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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s job creation and workforce development agenda for the 2013 General Assembly session includes measures to make it easier to start, locate and grow a business in Virginia, and to more closely align education and job creation.
New UVa. Center for Politics book examines 2012 election
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As President Obama prepares for his second inaugural, the University of Virginia Center for Politics has released the first comprehensive analysis of the 2012 election. Barack Obama and the New America: The 2012 Election and the Changing Face of Politics, published by Rowman and Littlefield, brings together some of the nation’s top academics, analysts and journalists to examine how Obama won a second term and what his victory might mean for the nation’s political future.
Creigh Deeds: Session update
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The 2013 Session of the Virginia General Assembly is moving rapidly toward the crossover, the date when each house has to finish work on its respective bills. The short, 46-day session does not leave much time for delay or maneuver. Things move fast, and many issues of importance have already come up for debate.
Ken Plum: Smoke and mirrors
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One of my mentors in my earliest years in the General Assembly was Delegate Dorothy McDiarmid who served off and on from 1960 to 1989. First elected on a platform of keeping the public schools open during racial desegregation, the Gentlelady from Fairfax Mrs. McDiarmid went on to successfully add kindergarten to the public school system of the state and to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee. Her supporters gave her the campaign slogan, “The Lady Has Clout.” Delegate McDiarmid taught me to look carefully at political proposals, many of which lacked substance and were simply “smoke and mirrors.”
