Tim Kaine pushes defense plan
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine discussed a path to avoid harmful defense cuts that will take effect if Congress does not reach an agreement to responsibly address our fiscal crisis
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Margot Dorfman: Raising minimum wage good for business
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The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce supported the last increase in the federal minimum wage in July 2009 and we believe another raise is overdue. The business owners I talk with every day say that, far from hurting their businesses, raising the minimum wage in fact helps small businesses and the broader economy
Jim Houser: End the Bush tax cuts for the top 2 percent
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The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on proposals for dealing with the Bush-era tax cuts. This includes a proposal that passed the U.S. Senate last Wednesday [July 26] that will extend Bush-era income tax cuts for every American, but end extra breaks for the richest 2 percent (on take-home income beyond the first $250,000). As a small business owner – my wife and I own and operate an auto repair shop with a dozen employees – I’m all for this. Especially the part about ending extra breaks for the top 2 percent.
Ruta Sevo: Title IX and the Olympics
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In 1967 Katherine Switzer crashed the all-male Boston marathon wearing an official number. The race organizer chased her, shouting, “Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.” Yet she finished, buffered by her male protectors
Anne Holton completes three-day campaign swing
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Anne Holton completed her swing through Western and Southwest Virginia to campaign on behalf of her husband, Tim Kaine, on Thursday. Holton brought her Small Business Listening Tour to Marion and Floyd, where she toured downtown businesses and met with groups of small business owners and community leaders
RMH to host forum focusing on bipolar disorders on Aug. 7
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RMH Behavioral Health will host the forum “Bipolar Disorders Across the Lifespan” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 7 in the RMH Lower Level conference rooms
Anne Holton continues tour of Southwest Virginia
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Anne Holton campaigned on behalf of her husband, Tim Kaine, in Big Stone Gap, Bristol, and Abingdon on Wednesday. Holton toured downtown businesses and met with community and business leaders as part of her Small Business Listening Tour
Anne Holton kicks off campaign tour of Western Virginia
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Anne Holton campaigned on behalf of her husband, Tim Kaine, in Clifton Forge and Wytheville on Tuesday, kicking off a three-day swing through Western and Southwest Virginia
Benson elected to Rockingham Memorial Hospital board
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Jerry Benson, PhD., Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at James Madison University, has been elected to the RMH Board of Directors
Bridgewater College receives SACS reaccreditation
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Bridgewater College announced today that it has been reaffirmed for accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) – a reaffirmation that is valid through 2022
