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AAA Mid-Atlantic praises Virginia lawmakers in both the House and Senate for their tireless work and collaboration to pass bills that strengthen Virginia’s current ban on texting while driving.
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The House of Delegates voted 74-22 on Thursday to pass an amended state budget that fails to expand Medicaid, while the State Senate in a separate 36-4 vote approved an amendment to the budget that expands Medicaid to more than 400,000 poor Virginians.
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UVa. football coach Mike London discusses his 2013 signing class with reporters. The class was ranked fourth in the ACC and #27 overall by Rivals.com.
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National Geographic Channel’s first original scripted drama, “Killing Lincoln,” shot in Petersburg and Richmond this summer, is set to premiere during Presidents Day weekend on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, and will encore at 10 p.m.
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According to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Virginia’s cattle and calves inventory totaled 1.61 million head on January 1, 2013, up eight percent from last year’s inventory of 1.49 million head.
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House Speaker Bill Howell on Wednesday ruled that Senate amendments to legislation redrawing political boundary lines were not germane to the the original House bill, throwing the future of the controversial party-line action of two weeks ago in doubt.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation funding plan is on life support in the Virginia General Assembly, and the Republican is pointing the finger at Senate Democrats, who voted en masse to block the package in a series of votes on Tuesday.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday announced $225,000 in funding for five projects in Virginia through the Building Collaborative Communities program, including a $60,000 grant to the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission.
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The State Senate voted to send Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan back to committee, effectively killing it for the 2013 session and leaving only a plan passed by the House alive for consideration.
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It was resolution time Monday night on the floor of the Virginia House of Delegates, and the Republican-majority chamber was in a conspiracy-theory-validating mood. The House voted to support a resolution to fund a $17,440 study of an alternative currency in the event of a breakdown in the Federal Reserve system and a second measure prohibiting any local government in Virginia from implementing the non-binding Agenda 21 initiative aimed at promoting sustainable development.
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