Dems, Republicans debate McDonnell delay on health exchange
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Political leaders on both sides of the aisle are lobbying Gov. Bob McDonnell on what he should do regarding setting up a state-run health exchange
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MacDella Cooper : Investing in Africa’s at-risk children, one child at a time
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Twenty-two years ago this month, the people of Liberia suffered the devastating effects of of civil war. The country’s economic, political, and social systems were decimated. The United Nations estimates that 250,000 people were killed and one million displaced. Children suffered the most; tens of thousands were abandoned or orphaned. Most were powerless against exploitation…
Former First Ladies campaign for husbands on Senate campaign trail
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Former First Ladies Anne Holton and Susan Allen were on the campaign trail for husbands on Tuesday. Holton, the wife of Democratic Senate nominee Tim Kaine, campaigned for her husband in Northern Virginia, while Allen, the wife of Republican nominee Susan Allen, made stops in Charlottesville and Lynchburg
Bridgewater College announces new partnership with Parkhurst Dining
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Bridgewater College has announced a new partnership with Parkhurst Dining of Homestead, Pa., to provide its food service management beginning July 1. This will be Parkhurst’s first location in Virginia
Kaine pushes workforce-training initiative
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On Tuesday, Kaine for Virginia released “Investing in our Workers” – a strategic initiative to develop the world’s most talented workforce and equip young people with the skills they need to succeed in the jobs and industries of a global economy
Kaine statement on middle-class tax cuts
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Tim Kaine continued to call for an extension of the Bush tax rates for those making less than $500,000 and released the following statement in response to Monday’s announcement by the President on the expiring tax cuts
President Obama: Extending tax cuts for middle-class Americans
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We’re here today to talk about taxes – something that everybody obviously cares deeply about. And I’ve often said that our biggest challenge right now isn’t just to reclaim all the jobs that we lost to the recession – it’s to reclaim the security that so many middle-class Americans have lost over the past decade
Former State Fair youth livestock and FFA competitions still scheduled for Rockingham County in October
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The new State Fair of Virginia, scheduled this fall from Sept. 28 through Oct. 7, will not interfere with the newly formed Virginia Junior Livestock Expo scheduled for the Rockingham County Fairgrounds in Harrisonburg Oct. 11-14 according to Greg Hicks, communications director of Virginia Farm Bureau
McCue, UVa. sports-medicine icon, passes
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Longtime Virginia orthopedic surgeon Dr. Frank C. McCue III passed away Sunday. He was 82 years old. McCue headed up the sports medicine program for the University of Virginia athletic department for more than 40 years
Holton leads small-business talk in Chesterfield
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Anne Holton campaigned on behalf of her husband, U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine, in Chesterfield County, on Thursday
