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Edited by Chris Graham AFPBusiness.com AFPBusiness.com reports on a significant increase in agriculture exports from Virginia in 2009 announced today by Gov. Bob McDonnell. Click here to read the story on AFPBusiness.com.
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Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a moral evil. Got that. Interesting approach from gay, lesbian and transgender activists in Virginia – playing not the moral but the economic-competitiveness card. “We want you to be sure you tell your employees that you’re bringing the facts of life…
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Column by Frank Nolen Submit guest columns: [email protected] In 2007 the General Assembly passed legislation that greatly reduced the ability of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to set just and reasonable electric rates. The result has been a 60 percent increase in the electric rates paid by customers of the Appalachian Power Company and…
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Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Seven. Straight. Losses. The UVa. fan base didn’t enter the 2009-2010 season with anything in the way of expectations. The Cavs were picked to finish 12th in the 12-team Atlantic Coast Conference, and that seemed about right for a group that stunk up the junk enough in 2008-2009 to get…
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] How’s business? You know, at your store. You say you don’t own a store. Sure you do. You and I own a whole chain of stores clear across the Commonwealth. I know that they are sometimes easy to overlook. They are small and we tend to…
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Moderated by Chris Graham [email protected] ACCVirginia.com is live at the John Paul Jones Arena for tonight’s men’s basketball game between the University of Virginia (14-12, 5-8 ACC) and #5 Duke (24-4, 11-2 ACC). The opening tip is scheduled for 7:45 p.m. The game is being broadcast on Fox SportsNet. Editor Chris Graham is courtside…
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Are we about to reprise the pendulum swings of the Gingrich-Clinton era? Report by Chris Graham [email protected] Might we see a repeat of 1994 in 2010? The short answer: yes. Next question: Might we then see a repeat of 1996 in 2012? Well, maybe. “For all the trouble Barack Obama’s had lately voters still…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] It’s another report bound to collect dust on a forgotten bookshelf. That’s the cynic’s view of the latest and greatest Downtown Vision Report aiming at guiding whatever it is that Waynesboro is going to do to breathe life into its downtown. The people leading this particular Save Downtown effort…
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The AFP Show [email protected] Items for The AFP Show for Thursday, Feb. 25, include: – Remarks from New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner on the ongoing health-care reform debate in Congress. – An interview with Isaac Wood from the University of Virginia Center for Politics to discuss a recent report from UVa. political-science professor…
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– Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium – Local News: Free H1N1 shots available at RMH – Study: Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Local News: RMH experts to speak at Free Heart Symposium RMH will hold its third annual “Matters of the Heart”…
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