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When Laila Stones sent a letter to the Commonwealth of Virginia requesting a copy of her birth certificate, the response was jarring: “They say I don’t exist,” she recounts under oath
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that Tak Investments Inc. will invest $60 million to establish a recycled tissue plant in Isle of Wight County
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This is my last political campaign, and it got me a little nostalgic. So I started thinking about some of my early campaigns – when I was running as a state senator, when I was running for U.S. senator back in my home state of Illinois
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Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) will invest more than $150 million to establish a new data center in Chesterfield County
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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning handed down a mixed decision in Arizona v. United States, a case challenging that state’s SB 1070 law, which is based on the controversial Prince William County ordinance that was cast aside as unworkable in 2008. While throwing out provisions making it a state crime to be in the country illegally and to make it a state crime to seek work, the Court refused to say that the Arizona “show me your papers” law was invalid on its face, without additional facts and an interpretation of the law by the Arizona Courts
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George Allen continued his conversation with Virginia small business owners with a tour of Tart Lumber in Sterling. Allen was joined by State Del. David Ramadan and 10th District Republican Committee Chairman John Whitbeck in hearing how a family-owned small business can be innovative and adapt in tough economic times
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Sen. Jim Webb, author of the landmark Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, today renewed his call for quick enactment of his bipartisan legislation to preserve those veterans’ education benefits from abuses by certain schools
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A new website developed by Augusta Free Press LLC for is your one-stop shop for news and detailed information on the ongoing downtown-improvement project in Waynesboro
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today signed, without any vetoes, the final caboose budget for FY 2012
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Stone Village, Bridgewater College’s village-style residences that were constructed to conform to an internationally recognized green building certification system, is now LEED certified
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