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State Senate Democrats voted Tuesday against the state budget conference report because they said it did not properly address funding for projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. “The issue here is the lack of transportation funding in two different regions of the state,” said State Sen. Janet Howell (D-Fairfax). “Rail to Dulles will be…
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The Rutherford Institute is calling on the City of Waynesboro to accommodate local churches wishing to provide temporary shelters for the homeless during the winter months by allowing them to take refuge inside their existing church buildings. Institute attorneys are challenging the city’s current interpretation of its zoning ordinance which requires churches to apply for…
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The No. 25 Virginia baseball team defeated Richmond, 7-5, Tuesday night at Davenport Field. UVa scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie en route to the win. Stephen Bruno (Jr., Audubon, N.J.) continued his hot hitting with a 3-for-5 night as he extended his hitting streak to 10…
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Second in a series Tim Kaine had thought, like a lot of us did, that his political career was over. In January 2010, Kaine finished up his term as governor of Virginia, and looked out a landscape in Virginia politics that featured two Democrats, Jim Webb and Mark Warner, representing the Commonwealth in the United…
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Staunton Guided Tours joins the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign with guided daylong tours to the Reenactment of the Battle of McDowell on May 5 and a You Are There living history day at the battlefields of Cross Keys and Port Republic on June 9. The first and the final…
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The Virginia Film Festival announced today that it is expanding its acclaimed Community Outreach and Education programs to include a new high school filmmaking competition. The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Action! The Virginia Film Festival’s High School Director Competition will welcome…
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The Virginia Board for People with Disabilities is pleased to announce an award of $30,000 to the State Board of Elections to increase the accessibility of the voting process to citizens with disabilities and seniors. Through this initiative, SBE will develop educational/outreach programs and materials designed to ensure that voters with disabilities and seniors are…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed 13 pieces of legislation that he says will advance Virginia as the “Energy Capital of the East Coast” today in Richmond. The legislation continues Gov. McDonnell’s “all of the above” strategy for advancing development of Virginia’s energy resources. In signing this legislation and working with industry and stakeholder groups, this…
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RMH officials have announced that Mike Burris, chief financial officer of Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, will serve as interim CFO at RMH starting about May 1 while continuing his current duties as CFO of Martha Jefferson. Burris will fill the vacancy left by current RMH CFO Mike King, who has accepted a position with…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that March general fund revenue collections rose 7.6 percent. The year-over-year increase was driven in large part by growth in sales and corporate income tax receipts. March is typically not a significant month for revenue collections. On a year-to-date basis, total revenue collections have risen 5.3 percent, ahead of the…
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