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Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law on Monday what backers are terming the most significant investment in the Commonwealth’s transportation system in a generation. The legislation, HB2527 and SB1446, sponsored by Speaker Bill Howell (R-Stafford) and State Sens. Chuck Colgan (D-Manassas) and William Wampler (R-Bristol), creates a framework to invest nearly $4 billion into Virginia’s…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell has invited 57 school divisions that may have difficulty attracting, retaining and rewarding experienced, fully licensed teachers to participate in his Virginia Performance-Pay Incentives initiative for hard-to-staff schools. The initiative — which was approved by the 2011 General Assembly — is a centerpiece of McDonnell’s “Opportunity to Learn” education-reform agenda. It provides…
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The Federal Housing Administration’s Mortgagee Review Board today announced a settlement agreement with a Virginia-based mortgage lender for failing to apply FHA’s underwriting standards when approving loans. Among the alleged violations, the MRB claimed First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation ignored blemished credit and payment histories, approved loans with debt-to-income ratios that exceeded HUD’s benchmarks, and permitted…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at the college baseball landscape. Virginia Tech availed itself well over the weekend in a series with Florida State, while UVa. continues to dominate. Can the Cavs, now #1 in all four national polls, make a serious…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks sports on WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with a look at the college baseball landscape. Virginia Tech availed itself well over the weekend in a series with Florida State, while UVa. continues to dominate. Can the Cavs, now #1 in all four national polls, make a serious…
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Couture fashion – not exactly what you’d expect to find in Waynesboro, but that is one of the latest additions to Downtown Waynesboro with the addition Mariah Amine Couture. Don’t be too intimidated by the word couture, though; the shop still has the local feel that local shoppers are comfortable in. It’s within a few…
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The cable and satellite channel Investigation Discovery plans to air a special look at Morgan Harrington’s homicide case tonight at 9 p.m. The episode of “Heavy Metal Mystery” will feature the case of the murdered Virginia Tech student tonight at 9 p.m. The show reairs on Sunday, April 24, at 6 p.m. The program will…
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Eastern Mennonite University has been honored as a winner of the National Wildlife Federation’s annual competition “Chill Out: Climate Action on Campus.” This award program recognizes U.S. schools that are designing and implementing creative approaches to advance sustainability on campuses. EMU is one of six winning schools that were chosen from a national pool of…
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Be careful what you wish for because you may get it. That’s what my mother always told me. I trust your mother was just as wise. Now, years later, I’m worried. Everyone is wishing for more jobs. What happens if we get them? Here! Once upon a time in this great land there were two…
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This past week House Republicans continued to take action to bring real change to Washington by passing a long term budget plan for 2012 and beyond, which stops spending money we don’t have, lifts our crushing debt burden, and helps promote job creation. With $14 trillion in debt, $1.6 trillion in deficit spending, and the…
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