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Gov. Bob McDonnell on Friday vetoed the redistricting plans approved by the Virginia General Assembly, citing issues with the plan passed by the Democratic-majority Senate. Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw vowed that Senate Democrats will not back down. “The only thing Governor will accept is absolute surrender on the part of the Democrats of the…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks Virginia news with WREL-1450AM’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” The segment begins with talk on legislative redistricting. Democrats and Republicans continue to squabble over how to redivide Virginia into legislative districts. Can Gov. Bob McDonnell serve as an arbiter for the two sides? Talk on the Virginia economy and budget woes…
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Longwood University took a 9-7 baseball home win past visiting North Carolina Central University Thursday afternoon at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. The Lancers (23-13) led 9-0 through five innings against the fellow Independent Eagles (4-31) who made it interesting by scoring seven runs during the eighth and ninth innings. Senior captain Chris Briere|Midlothian…
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In an order signed Wednesday, United States District Court Judge Robert E. Payne ruled that privacy advocate B.J. Ostergren may post public records that contain Social Security Numbers on her website, despite a 2008 Virginia law prohibiting the dissemination of such information. The injunction, which was agreed upon by Ostergren and Virginia Attorney General Ken…
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Twelve organizations concerned with free speech and the integrity of scientific inquiry on college campuses today asked the University of Virginia to protect academic freedom when it answers a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the American Tradition Institute Environmental Law Center and Robert Marshall, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. The…
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Members of the Exchange Club of Waynesboro will join thousands of fellow Exchangites across the country for the single biggest child abuse prevention service event in Exchange’s 100-year history during April. They will be participating in the national project, the Prevention of Child Abuse, through a series of programs in Waynesboro, Staunton and Augusta County….
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March revenue collections by Virginia state government increased by 12.4 percent over the prior year. This is the 12th month out of the last 13 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. It is the fifth month in a row in which year-over-year revenue growth was greater than 9 percent. Although March…
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I was first elected to the House of Delegates in 1977 as part of the five member delegation representing the northern half of Fairfax County and the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church. A similar five-person delegation represented the southern half of Fairfax County. These several members at-large districts came about as Virginia was forced…
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While Congressman Jim Moran’s assault on the military and its veterans went viral Friday, April 8, one day following a town hall meeting held in Alexandria at Hammond Middle School, nary a word appeared in The Washington Post. Moran treated Wayne Tunick, a disabled 27-year veteran rudely following an important question regarding military pay in…
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President Obama on Wednesday released a down-the-middle plan for dealing with the federal government’s deepening budget crisis. I meant the term down the middle to mean one thing – that it features some elements that appeal to the left and some that appeal to the right. But I full recognize that it can mean something…
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