Nan Grogan Orrock: The budget and Pentagon spending
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Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.
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Augusta Health receives A1 credit rating from Moody’s
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Augusta Health received an affirmation of its A1 credit rating with a stable outlook from Moody’s Investor Services, a leading provider of credit ratings research and risk analysis
Suffolk: Non-voters would push Obama to big win
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Nearly 40 percent of adult U.S. citizens will stay away from the polls this coming November, but if these Americans were to vote, President Barack Obama would coast to a second term in office, according to a Suffolk University-USA TODAY poll
Local projects win state tourism grants
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The Virginia Tourism Corporation will award matching grant funds in the amount of more than $660,000 to 45 local tourism initiatives as part of VTC’s Marketing Leverage Grant program
Can Gary Johnson hurt Mitt Romney at polls in Virginia?
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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is polling at 5.3 percent nationwide. Johnson’s poll numbers could be a critical factor in battleground states like Virginia in November
George Allen tours Manassas defense business
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George Allen continued his Virginia Voices tour in Manassas on Monday with a visit to ASSETT Inc., a small business defense contractor and member of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Tim Kaine discusses talent economy at Bristol event
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine toured The Williams Company, a third-generation manufacturing and machining facility in Bristol, on Friday
Scott Klinger: Time to end the Apple and GE offshore tax loopholes
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While attention focuses on congressional action on the Bush tax cuts, another tax bill is quietly tiptoeing through the Senate. The Senate Finance Committee has reported out the corporate tax extenders bill, a collection of dozens of tax breaks, many targeting industries whose lobbyists have filled campaign larders with cash. These tax breaks all expired at the end of last year, and are on track to be renewed for another year with little debate or scrutiny
Report: Global warming pushes extreme downpours up 33 percent in Virginia
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A month after extreme storms devastated Virginia, an Environment Virginia report confirms that extreme rainstorms are happening 33 percent more frequently in Virginia since 1948
Katherine McFate: Strengthen state oversight of fracking
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States have begun to respond to citizen complaints, but no state requires enough upfront collection of data and monitoring of drilling operations to ensure protection of local water supplies
