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The Longwood men’s basketball team embarked on a week-long mission and team-building trip to the Dominican Republic on Sunday. The Lancers will play five games against international competition while undertaking daily community service efforts at various stops around the country.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the availability of loans to build broadband in rural areas.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia campaigned on green energy (and I hear some people may have believed him, though I haven’t met one) and then immediately backed the proposed construction of a giant fracked-gas pipeline through the mountains and farms of Virginia to carry fossil fuels from West Virginia to North Carolina.
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U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today joined 38 of their Senate colleagues and 158 House members to introduce historic, comprehensive federal legislation to ban discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Friday that Dhiyo House Inc., a specialty supplier of belting for the conveyor and power transmission industries, will invest $6.1 million to establish its first Virginia manufacturing operation in Wise County.
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Liberty football coach Turner Gill has announced several administrative staff changes heading into the team’s preparation for the 2015 season.
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Attorney General Mark Herring is commemorating the third annual Military Consumer Protection Day by bringing focus to the unique consumer challenges of servicemembers, veterans and their families while deployed and when they return home.
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Willie Watson, formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show, will headline Shelter Fest 2015, a concert to support the homeless and others in need.
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Chase Bank and Chase Bankcard Services Inc. will reform their unlawful credit card debt collection practices through a $136 million joint state-federal settlement with Attorney General Mark Herring, attorneys general in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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I continue to celebrate the human rights victories we have had recently in marriage equality, health care and housing. I voted against Virginia’s marriage amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman when it came before the General Assembly.
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