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Nearly 600 state employees will be laid off, and those keeping their jobs will get an extra unpaid day off added to their Memorial Day weekend in 2010. Those are among the highlights of Gov. Tim Kaine’s plan to account for a $1.5 billion state-budget shortfall that is the result of the continued economic slowdown….
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State aid to localities for K-12 public education will be spared the budget shears when Gov. Tim Kaine details the latest round of cuts to the state budget Tuesday afternoon. “I will give you guys a sneak preview. K-12 will escape. Because the school year has started. There’s some things inside the Department of Education…
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Wednesday, Sept. 9 – State News: Kaine proclaims Sept. 11 as Day of Service and Remembrance Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Local News: Church sponsors free oil change, safety checks for single moms – Local News: Accident damages Waynesboro gas station – Local News: Local VDOT road-work update Monday, Sept. 7 – State News: Virginia wins…
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Monday, Sept. 7 Remarks by President Obama at AFL-CIO Labor Day picnic THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Cincinnati! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, Ohio! (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you, labor! (Applause.) All-righty. It is good to be back in Cincinnati. (Applause.) It’s good to be back in Ohio. (Applause.) It’s good to be back among great friends,…
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Attorney-general candidate Steve Shannon on Thursday released his plan to reduce text messaging while driving on Virginia’s roads. Several university studies have found that sending text messages on a cellular phone while driving increases the risk of an accident about as much as driving while intoxicated.
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Thursday, Sept. 3 – Remarks by Vice President Biden on the 200 days of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Thank you. (Applause.) It’s a pleasure to be back. And I told Strobe in the anteroom that, Mr. Secretary, the many, many times that I’ve been here, almost always the subject has been foreign policy….
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In recognition of Constitution Day, the Hon. John E. Jones III will speak on “Evolution, Intelligent Design and Religion in the School” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
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Monica Goodling. That’s what a Bob McDonnell gubernatorial term means. Remember Monica? The 1999 graduate of Regent University who was a top aide to Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez? Sure, you do. She’s the lawyer from the class at the former Christian Broadcasting Network University School of Law that had 60 percent of its…
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Something slightly different contributed to the atmosphere of expectancy that permeated Lehman Auditorium at Eastern Mennonite University. In an all-campus convocation Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, Eastern Mennonite University President Loren Swartzendruber called attention to colorful handmade banners that grace the left and right sides of the stage area with the university vision and mission statements.
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“Businesses are often born out of frustration—frustration with the economy, the state of the environment, or from an unmet need in the community,” says TiCo Colada of Passion-Knit Living Studios. “But as business owners, we are all committed to being the change we want to see, and to supporting each other along the way.”
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