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The Republican-controlled House Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process Subcommittee defeated Sen. Donald McEachin’s (D-Henrico County) legislation that would have banned discrimination in the state employment based on sexual orientation.
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The WWRC Foundation will host nationally recognized comedian and motivational speaker Brett Leake for a benefit performance on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center Auditorium in Fishersville, VA. The show will open with the Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind bluegrass band and will be followed by a reception.
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The ACLU of Virginia on Monday sent a letter to the Fairfax County School Board thanking the Board and Superintendent for upholding free speech in two recent incidents: a parent’s attempt to have a book removed from the curriculum, and a request that a community group be denied permission to use school property for a controversial meeting. The school division denied the requests in both instances.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday that total general fund revenue collections rose by 19.5 percent in the month of January.
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Virginia freshman guard Justin Anderson (Montross, Va.) was named ACC Rookie of the Week Monday. Anderson averaged 15.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals as Virginia (17-6, 7-3 ACC) claimed a pair of key ACC wins over Clemson and Maryland.
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Kevin Chisnell has booked Roddy Barnes for a “rare and exclusive “evening at WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, February 16, at 8 pm. Chisnell says the evening will have “some of the sweetest blues piano you’ve ever heard. It will be the toe tappinest, hip shakinest, and back beatinest Mojo Saturday Night ever.”
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The story of Matthew Fontaine Maury’s fascinating career will be told as part of the continuing Stuart Speaker Series sponsored by the Augusta County Historical Society on Thursday, February 21 at 7 p.m. at the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art. Colonel Keith Gibson, director of the VMI museum system, has put together a fascinating program that explores Maury’s life and career.
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A Northern Virginia lawyer and Democratic Party activist is pressuring Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to be transparent about how he is balancing his official duties with his candidacy for governor.
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Virginia beef producers have cause to celebrate, because one of the world’s premier importers has signed an agreement with the United States. Japan will now allow exports of U.S. beef from cattle less than 30 months of age, which is an improvement over old rules that permitted U.S. beef imports only from cattle up to 20 months old. That deal was sealed in 2005 following a total ban in 2003 when a U.S. cow was found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
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The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15th – the start of spring fire season in Virginia. The law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day until April 30th if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of, woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials.
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