Legislation to fight Parkinson’s passes House, named in Virginia Congresswoman Wexton’s honor
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The U.S. House today passed the Dr. Emmanuel Bilirakis and Honorable Jennifer Wexton National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act.
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Augusta County leader on deputy assault allegations: ‘I got my butt beat for not listening’
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Three Augusta County sheriff’s deputies are currently under investigation for allegedly assaulting criminal suspects. Michael Shull, the chair of the Board of Supervisors, has their back.
Virginia Tech to honor more than 2,600 at fall commencement on Friday
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On Friday, 2,664 Virginia Tech students will graduate, walking across the stage at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg to receive their diplomas.
Joe Guzzardi: World War II Marines play Mosquito Bowl on Christmas Eve 1944
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No football game ever played, or ever to be played, will exceed the drama surrounding the Mosquito Bowl, played on insect-infested Guadalcanal in 1944.
Mel Gurtov: COP28 doing less to protect the climate, while pretending to do more
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COP28 will no doubt end with a common statement of intent to do more, using language designed mainly to obscure serious differences.
Mary Washington offers tuition assistance for Pell-eligible Virginia students
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UMW now offers a tuition promise for Pell-eligible Virginia students, closing any gap in tuition funding for in-state students who qualify.
Lawmakers encourage U.S. Treasury to adopt strong climate standards
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The Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit incentivizes and rewards new clean hydrogen projects and encourages emission-free energy.
Maryland moves to curb striped bass fishing in spring spawning season
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Spurred by slumping striped bass reproduction in Maryland waters, the state Department of Natural Resources is moving to curtail fishing for the popular migratory species during its spawning run next spring.
Roddy Scheer: War is horrible, and it is no less so for the environment
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What sort of environmental toll are the major military conflicts going on around the world now taking?
Tom H. Hastings: Guerrilla war in cities and other evolutionary missteps
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The Nuclear Freeze resolution, backed by most US citizens in the 1982 elections, called for the immediate freeze of all research, production, and deployment of any new nuclear weapons.
