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Gov. Bob McDonnell’s political action committee, Opportunity Virginia PAC, reported $1.28 million cash on hand on Sept. 30, the end of the third quarter. The report was released to the news media on Friday. In the media release, Opportunity Virginia reported raising $782,000 between July 1 and Sept. 30, 2010. “As we prepare for the…
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The Governor’s Commission on Government Reform and Restructuring presented its Interim Report to Gov. Bob McDonnell Friday for his review. The report includes 107 proposals, including the privatization of the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, initiating a four-day, 10-hour-a-day work week for many state employees, improving inventory practices for all state real property assets,…
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The Virginia Department of Transportation, in a late-afternoon Friday news dump, made several announcements regarding staff additions, including the hiring of a new chief financial officer, John W. Lawson. The 21-year VDOT veteran will oversee VDOT’s $3.3 billion annual budget and will provide oversight and bring innovation to VDOT’s spending of state and federal resources….
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It’s an innovative idea – getting books in the hands of teens as a means of promoting literacy and at the same time fighting crime. No surprise that it was a police officer who made it come to life. “I see more awareness of the importance of reading. That’s the point of all this. It’s…
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AFP editor Chris Graham joins WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan” for their weekly discussion of Virginia politics. The segment begins with a look at the latest in the midterm congressional races in the Fifth and Sixth. Polls show the Tom Perriello-Robert Hurt race in the Fifth to be neck-and-neck. Sixth District Congressman Bob Goodlatte seems…
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The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced Wednesday that Virginia’s farmers expect low yields in 2010. Based on conditions as of Oct. 1, Virginia’s corn yields are forecast to average 56 bushels per acre, down 75 bushels per acre from last year. If realized, production would be 17.9 million bushels, down 59 percent…
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Gov. Bob McDonnell announced today that September revenue collections for the state government increased by 4.1 percent over the prior year. This is the sixth month out of the last seven in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. The revenue increase was primarily driven by withholding (+6.8 percent), corporate income (+13.8 percent)…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Monday. Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) takes on Wake Forest (2-4, 1-2 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. Opening Statement After we watched the video, I thought it was a good win Saturday, I think Central Michigan is a good football team, and I…
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Wake Forest football coach Jim Grobe talks with the news media on Monday. Wake (2-4, 1-2 ACC) will face Virginia Tech (4-2, 2-0 ACC) on Saturday in Blacksburg. On losing nine games decided by four points or less since November 2008 “Number one is we are playing good teams. That’s the problem. When we’ve been…
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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the news media on Monday. UNC (3-2, 1-1 ACC) will face Virginia (2-3, 0-2 ACC) on Saturday at 6 p.m. “One thing I would like to make clear it that these findings and the outcome that followed today by no ways does this represent the type of…
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