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Column by Jim Gilmore Submit guest columns: [email protected] The passage of the health care bill continues to dig the American public deeper into a financial hole. No matter how it is characterized, this is a vast new entitlement program, with no limits on the cost to the taxpayers of the future. Today our economic…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] Virginia men’s head basketball coach Tony Bennett announced Tuesday (March 23) that sophomore guard Sylven Landesberg (Flushing, N.Y.) is leaving the University of Virginia and will not complete the current semester. “I have discussed Sylven’s future with the Landesberg family and been informed that he will be leaving the…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Freshman swingman Tristan Spurlock (Woodbridge, Va.) is leaving the Virginia men’s basketball program. Spurlock and Virginia men’s head basketball coach Tony Bennett mutually agreed on the decision. “After a long discussion with Tristan and his family we have mutually agreed that it is best for him to leave the…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Monica Wright, Dawn Evans and Devon Brown did their parts, but UVa., JMU and Liberty each fell short in their first-round NCAA Tournament games over the weekend. Wright had 34 points and nine rebounds in her final game as a Cavalier, which saw fifth-seeded Virginia fall 69-67 to 12th-seeded…
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Column by J.R. Tolbert Submit guest columns: [email protected] Forty years ago, nearly 20 million Americans participated in what was the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Inspired by Sen. Gaylord Nelson after witnessing an oil spill off California’s coast, Earth Day was started to spotlight issues related to environmental degradation and the need to…
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Column by Tom Perriello www.house.gov/perriello One of the top concerns of working families and small businesses in the Fifth District is the skyrocketing cost of health care and the lack of access to quality, affordable care. Over the past 15 months, I have heard countless stories from Virginians about their struggles with the current…
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Submitted Item News tips: [email protected] It’s a long time coming. Seventy-eight years, to be exact. Brig. Gen. Andrew Lewis (1720-1781), a Virginian of French & Indian and Revolutionary War fame, is having a bronze bust installed in his honor on Monday in the Old Hall of the House of Delegates at the Virginia State…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] Waynesboro City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Charles T. Yancey Municipal Building, 503 W. Main St., Waynesboro, for a regularly-scheduled business meeting.
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will meet today at 1:30 p.m. at the Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona, for its monthly staff briefing.
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] The House of Representatives voted Sunday night to pass a health-care reform bill mirroring legislation that had passed the Senate in December. Democrats were able to muster a 219-212 majority to pass the legislation, which will extend coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, expand prescription drug coverage under Medicare,…
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