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Virginia Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe released the following statement today applauding Gov. Bob McDonnell’s announcement that he will include funding for mental health services in his upcoming budget, and that he will sign an executive order forming a Mental Health Task Force to make further recommendations for reforms.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced budget proposals today to expand crisis response and crisis prevention services for Virginia’s behavioral health system. The governor’s proposals would infuse $38.3 million over the biennium into critical mental health and substance-use disorder programs.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell will recommend substantial new state investments in the areas of prisoner re-entry and restoration of rights when he puts forward his two-year spending plan for the Commonwealth next Monday. The governor has put a focus on the two policy areas over the last four years, establishing Virginia’s first-ever prisoner re-entry statewide plan.
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SMAC swimmer Remedy Rule competed against some of the best swimmers in the country this past weekend at the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals at the University of Tennessee. Rule swam four events in the meet (100 & 200 fly, 200 free and 200 back) and swam fast enough to return to swim in finals at night in three of her four events.
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Rodney Glasgow had a career-high 33 points, and Phillip Anglade finished two blocks shy of a triple-double as the VMI Keydets defeated the University of Virginia – Lynchburg Dragons, 110-78 in basketball action Monday night at Cameron Hall. With the win, VMI remains undefeated at home this season with a perfect 6-0 mark.
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Wake Forest is reportedly set to hire Bowling Green football coach Dave Clawson to replace Jim Grobe, who stepped down last week after a 13-year run that included an appearance in the 2006 Orange Bowl. Clawson just led Bowling Green to the MAC championship and a 10-3 regular season record.
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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Augusta County, Staunton, Waynesboro and a wide swath stretching from the Shenandoah Valley into Northern Virginia for early Tuesday. Snow and sleet will start between 3-5 a.m. Tuesday, changing to all snow around daybreak.
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Former Gov. Doug Wilder, former Congressman L.F. Payne and former State Sen. Russ Potts headline the bipartisan Inaugural Committee for the pending swearing-in of Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe. “This committee of talented leaders will help me kick off my tenure as governor with an inaugural that celebrates the values we share as Virginians,” McAuliffe said.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell today announced that his upcoming budget will contain considerable new funding to support Virginia’s ongoing homelessness reduction and prevention efforts. The governor will call for over $9.5 million in additional funding for the Virginia Housing Trust Fund, the Rapid Re-Housing Program, and efforts to further enhance data collection.
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The Fishburne Military School postgrad basketball program has scaled a new height: the top of the national polls. For the first time in the program’s five-year history, the Caissons are #1 in the country, on the strength of back-to-back wins in this weekend’s FMS Best Western Caisson Shootout.
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