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Senior forward Denzel Bowles (Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville) had a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds and James Madison outscored UNC Wilmington 40-20 in the paint en route to a 63-54 triumph in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Saturday night at the Convocation Center. With the win over UNCW (9-8, 3-3 CAA),…
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The regular 2011 session of the General Assembly began on the second Wednesday of January. The day was full of pomp and circumstance and some matters of substance. We swore in a new state senator, Bill Stanley, from Franklin County, who was elected to fill the seat of newly elected Congressman Robert Hurt. The Courts…
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Redshirt sophomore forward Andrey Semenov (St. Petersburg, Russia/Blue Ridge School) led five Dukes in double figures with 16 points as James Madison won its eighth in a row with a 79-67 decision over Georgia State in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Thursday night at the Convocation Center. JMU improved to 14-3 overall…
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This was a somber week in Congress as the House passed a resolution to honor the victims of the tragedy in Tucson. I was deeply saddened and disturbed by the senseless attacks on Representative Giffords, members of her staff, and all of the victims in Tucson, Arizona. Our prayers are for speedy and full recoveries…
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Cynics of government will find a delight in reading Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit, especially Chapter 10 “Containing the Whole Science of Government.” “The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of…
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The Staunton Office of Economic Development in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development’s Enterprise Zone Program Office will host an enterprise zone workshop at 3:30pm on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 in City Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall. The workshop will review the local and state enterprise zone…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and politics with WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Gov. Bob McDonnell got the 2011 Virginia General Assembly rolling with his State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday. McDonnell seems to be trying to put his imprint on this second legislative session as governor after an uneventful first year in office,…
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A key part of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plan to get Virginia transportation moving would rededicate a portion of sales-tax revenues from the pot of money used to fund schools and public safety to roads projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. McDonnell said today that he will back legislation to move about $140 million a…
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“I like PBS, it airs great programs, including, if I do say so myself, tonight’s speech.” Awkward moment of realization there for Gov. Bob McDonnell, who apparently plans to balance the $36 billion state budget by cutting the $4 million a year that Virginia contributes to public broadcasting. OK, it’s not that the budget needs…
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State revenue collections increased by 9.5 percent in December over the prior year when adjusted for the December 2009 one-time tax amnesty program. This is the ninth month out of the last 10 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. It is the second month in a row in which year over…
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