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Political leaders from both parties are expressing frustration with the Obama administration after the Department of Interior announced today that it will not include Virginia in its proposed final offshore oil and gas leasing program for 2012-2017, which covers leasing strategy and sales on the Outer Continental Shelf
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Other folks might throw a party … but we are the party! “Bigger and better. That’s the only way to describe this year’s event,” said Terry Short Jr., the organizer of the Virginia Chili, Blues n’ Brews Festival, which is back for a sixth year in Lumos Plaza in Downtown Waynesboro with a Saturday, Sept. 22 event
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The United States Supreme Court has upheld the health-care reform passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday ceremonially signed House Bill 321 (Massie) and its companion Senate Bill 131 (Stanley) to establish the need-based Educational Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit for K-12 students. The tax credit is equal to 65 percent of the donation, with an annual cap of $25 million from the state. The governor was joined…
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This afternoon, former governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine met with Richmond area students and parents to discuss his strategies for the future of higher education
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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Tuesday announced the process for interested candidates to apply for judicial vacancies that currently exist on Virginia’s circuit courts.
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The University of Virginia Board of Visitors today acted to reinstate Teresa A. Sullivan as president of the University. “The past two weeks have been trying for all of us in the University community,” Sullivan said. “While this period of uncertainty has been difficult, I believe that those with opposing viewpoints have been well-intentioned, acting only with the best interests of the University in mind”
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine and Gov. Bob McDonnell weigh in on the move by the University of Virginia Board of Visitors to reinstate Teresa Sullivan as president
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George Allen took his “Virginia Voices” campaign to Chester on Tuesday to hear directly from a locally-owned manufacturing business, Progressive Engineering and Progressive Heat Treating. He was joined by Chesterfield County Board of Supervisor Dorothy Jaeckle and Chesterfield County GOP Chairman Don Williams to tour one of Chester’s innovative job creators
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The members of DuPont Community Credit Union recently elected two members to the Board of Directors for three-year terms. Everett J. Campbell of Nelson County was re-elected to the Board and Timothy M. Simmons of Augusta County was elected to his first term on the Board
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