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While speaking this week at the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2015 Workforce Conference in Richmond, Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Order Number 49 on expanding registered apprenticeships in Virginia.
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Today, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Co-Chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, along with U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), introduced the Creating Quality Technical Educators Act to expand the Higher Education Act’s teacher residency grant program to help schools recruit and train high-quality CTE teachers.
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) offered comment on today’s White House nominations of Dana J. Boente to serve as United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and John P. Fishwick Jr. to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia.
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As part of his continuing efforts to address a troubling rise in heroin and prescription drug overdose fatalities in the Commonwealth, Attorney General Mark Herring reported in on milestones in the first year of his Five Point Plan to Combat Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse.
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UVA football coach Mike London talks with reporters on the ACC coaches teleconference on Wednesday.
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UVA baseball head coach Brian O’Connor has announced his program’s schedule for the 2016 season. The reigning national champion Cavaliers begin their season Feb. 19-21 in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at Coastal Carolina’s tournament before returning home Feb. 23 to start their home slate against VMI.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe kicked of the 2015 Commonwealth of Virginia campaign (CVC) for state employee workplace giving and announced an ambitious goal to raise $4.1 million for charitable causes.
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Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission will receive $9,995 from the Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Program grant fund.
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The Hillary Clinton presidential campaign announced on Monday the launch of its Hillary for Virginia Leadership Council – a group of over 30 of the top Virginia elected officials, community, coalition and grassroots leaders who will help build a grassroots-driven volunteer team in advance of the Virginia Democratic presidential primary on March 1.
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Organizers are getting ready for Virginia’s third Urban Agriculture Summit, which will be held Oct. 22 and 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Richmond. Summit speakers will address the current state and future of urban agriculture in the United States.
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