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State Senate Democrats on Monday took to the PR route to raise issue with Republican Sen. Thomas Garrett’s bill ending funding for abortions for poor women who are carrying a fetus with totally incapacitating deformities, SB 826.
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It’s that time again. Virginia General Assembly time. Remember that little election way back in November 2011, the one when all 140 seats of the General Assembly were up for grabs? Now it is time for the winners to take their annual winter trek down the James. As for those the voters have excused from such chilly trips to Richmond, they are free to go elsewhere this winter, preferably to a more hospitable spot where “the weather better suits their souls.”
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The Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services has received numerous reports of fraudulent Medicare telephone calls.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Monday 15 grants totaling $440,900 awarded by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to improve boating access to the public waters of Virginia. Identified as a need in Virginia’s Outdoors Plan, these new and improved boating access sites will help boaters access the bountiful public waters of the Commonwealth.
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced last week that the United States Department of Agriculture has completed a final regulation to improve the traceability of U.S. livestock moving across state lines. USDA finalized the regulation prior to Christmas and anticipates that the new federal regulation will become effective in March 2013.
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With the 2013 legislative session just two days away, the Senate Democratic Caucus released a new website on Monday targeting Virginia Republicans’ radical social agenda.
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As you may know, on New Year’s Day, the House of Representatives received a proposal from the United States Senate regarding the actions it wished to take to address the fiscal cliff. While I was pleased that the Senate finally offered a proposal of its own to address this crisis, I was disappointed that our colleagues in the Senate waited until the last minute and sent us a proposal that does not address our spending problem.
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Behind 18 points from Walter Foster, 17 points from Zak Kirkbride, and 15 points each from Kuran Iverson and Daniel Dixon, the Fishburne Caisson PG basketball team raced to a 50-20 halftime advantage en route to a 86-57 win over the Bridgewater College JV team Sunday afternoon.
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Virginia broke open a one-point game with a clinching 10-2 run to defeat North Carolina 61-52 Sunday night at the John Paul Jones Arena.
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The Virginia women’s basketball team fell 58-52 at Miami. Kelsey Wolfe (Jr., Germantown, Md.) scored a game-high 18 points. Telia McCall (Sr., Marietta,Ga.) had her first double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds.
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