Warner, Kaine speak on immigration reform proposals
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are joining bipartisan efforts to push immigration reform in a Congress that has been reluctant at best to move on the issue.
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State Senate committee blocks Electoral College change
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A State Senate committee voted Tuesday to kill legislation that would have set a new course for apportioning Virginia’s 13 electoral votes. The proposal would have broken up the state’s electoral votes by congressional district rather than the current winner-take-all system that allowed Democrat Barack Obama to win the state in each of the past two presidential cycles.
UVa. rallies, knocks off Pack, claims second place in ACC
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UVa. rallied from a pair of 10-point first-half deficits to stun 19th-ranked N.C. State, 58-55, on Tuesday in Charlottesville. The win, the fourth in a row for Virginia, lifts the Cavaliers (15-5, 5-2 ACC) to sole possession of second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
House Dems unveil transportation plan
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Not that it will get very far, given the political realities, but House Democrats are weighing in with their own recommended course of action for dealing with the state’s transportation system.
Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce plans annual Business Showcase
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The Greater Augusta Regional Chamber of Commerce has added technology to its annual Business Showcase, and with the second Thursday of the month falling on Valentine’s Day, the Chamber decided to seek out the state’s official L-O-V-E display as an additional attraction to the day of activities.
Should the state mandate drug testing for welfare recipients?
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Senate Democrats are drawing attention today to a vote in the Senate Finance Committee advancing legislation introduced by Republican State Sen. Bill Carrico that instucts localities to subject “suspicious” welfare recipients to drug tests.
Bill Lazor leaving UVa. for NFL
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Virginia head football coach Mike London announced today that offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Bill Lazor has resigned his position with the Virginia football program to accept a coaching position in the National Football League.
Stuarts Draft woman killed in I-64 accident
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A Stuarts Draft woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash Monday night (Jan. 28) in Augusta County. Trooper A.T. Coffey is investigating the crash that occurred at approximately 7:50 p.m. in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 64 near the 89.9 mile marker.
Must-win for UVa. tonight at home vs. N.C. State
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UVa. is 14-5 overall, 4-2 in the ACC, owns a win on the road at Wisconsin, and as such would seem to have a decent NCAA Tournament resume. Except that the Cavs also lost at home to Delaware and lost to Old Dominion on a neutral court, a loss that gets worse by the day as the Monarchs are now a woeful 2-17 overall and 0-7 in the CAA. So tonight’s game against N.C. State becomes as much a must-win game as you will see in late January.
SDDA gets $25K state grant
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The Staunton Downtown Development Association was recently awarded a Main Street Improvement grant valued at $25,000 to fund a temporary performance stage with lighting and amplification in The Wharf.
