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During a Senate Budget Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine highlighted the harmful impact of high college costs and student loan debt on borrowers and the entire U.S. economy.
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Local chapters of civil rights and voting groups are taking out full page ads in the Roanoke Times and Richmond Times-Dispatch calling on their members of Congress to move the process forward on the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act
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The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten announced on Wednesday (June 4) the matchups for the 2014 ACC/Big Ten Women’s Basketball Challenge. UVA will play at Illinois on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois.
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Attorneys for the ACLU and the ACLU of Virginia filed a friend-of-the-court brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on behalf of nine correctional experts, arguing that automatic solitary confinement for death row inmates is unconstitutional.
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ODU football had four student-athletes named to the Phil Steele preseason All-Conference USA team, the magazine announced on Wednesday.
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UVA Nation was beside itself in frustration as the weeks wore on without word of a contract extension for basketball coach Tony Bennett on the heels of only the second 30-win season and second ACC Tournament title in the program’s history in 2014.
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I have had more time to spend in my garden than I have had any spring for many years. I had almost forgotten how relaxing and satisfying working in the soil can be.
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The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) advises consumers to not consume any Marva Maid Dairy milk in ½ pint containers with sell by dates from May 30 through June 2, 2014.
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This week, author Mary Nay celebrates the nationwide release of her inspiring new memoir, “Hardly Handicapped,” where she also offers readers insight on cerebral palsy.
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WVPT, the PBS station that serves the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia, announced that the Festival of Family Fun will be at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds, Saturday, June 7th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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