Virginia unemployment rate down to 5.6 percent
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Virginia’s unemployment rate fell to 5.6% in the month of November, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Pesticide container recycling program keeps more than 88,000 pounds of plastic from landfills
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced this week the results of the 2012 Plastic Pesticide Container Recycling Program.
Bipartisan support to maintain Virginia uranium ban
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Controversial efforts to lift Virginia’s 30-year ban on uranium mining have met with growing opposition in recent days as leading legislators, municipalities and utilities, and newspapers have taken stances in support of the ban.
Herring announces opposition to lifting ban on uranium mining
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State Sen. Mark Herring, a candidate for the Democratic Party attorney general nomination, released the following statement on Wednesday announcing his opposition to legislation that would lift the ban on uranium mining and milling in Virginia:
Chris Graham: Two in three in favor of their own gun control
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One in three households own a gun. That means two in three don’t. Wonder what that might mean? Not to say that everyone among the two in three that don’t own a gun by definition are automatically in favor of strict gun control, but let’s just say this – there’s a reason those folks have enacted their own strict household gun-control policy.
McDonnell announces School Safety Task Force
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While the nation continues to mourn the horrific and senseless murders that took place at the hands of a lone gunman in Newtown, Conn., Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday announced a state plan to review school safety in Virginia at all levels and to identify statewide and locality, school division, college and university resource needs to ensure that we are doing everything humanly possible to keep our children, young people and educators safe while they are in the classroom.
Bill Bolling: No to uranium mining
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling joined local legislators, officials and businessmen in Danville on Friday to announce his opposition to uranium mining and milling in Virginia:
McDonnell visits Greensville Correctional Center to review prisoner reentry programs
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Gov. Bob McDonnell visited the Greensville Correctional Center today to review prisoner reentry programs, including the Cognitive Community Program, Campus Within Walls Program, Animal Assisted Compassionate Activities and the DMV Connect program.
Chris Graham: Is PG killing WWE?
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John Cena, on a conference call promoting the upcoming “Tribute to the Troops” specials on USA and NBC, is a fan of the post-Attitude WWE.
McDonnell applauds award for offshore wind turbine technology demonstration to Virginia utility
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Gov. Bob McDonnell applauded the award of an offshore wind technology demonstration grant to a Virginia utility and announced today the beginning of a geological survey of the Virginia Wind Energy Area (WEA), encompassing 112,799 acres 23.5 nautical miles offshore Virginia Beach and the Port of Hampton Roads. Both of these projects support a Commonwealth goal to accelerate commercial leasing and development of the Virginia WEA and offshore energy industry supply chain.
