Tom Perriello: Job growth

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Column by Tom Perriello www.perriello.house.gov   Last week, we received some encouraging news as the Department of Labor announced that the economy added 290,000 jobs in the month of April – 231,000 of them in the private sector. This is the largest number of new jobs in four years and the fourth consecutive month of…

ACLU, AAUP, Dems criticize Cuccinelli on academic freedom

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s curious move to subpoena the University of Virginia regarding research done by climate scientist Michael Mann has drawn the ire of groups including the ACLU, the American Association of University Professors and the Virginia Democratic Party.

Environmental group praises delay on offshore drilling

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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   The U.S. Minerals Management Service announced today that it is postponing indefinitely the public-comment period and the public hearings that were scheduled in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina in the coming weeks on the proposed sale for oil and gas drilling off Virginia’s shore.