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Emaciated budget trumps sideshow of social bills
It was a legislative session of vehement debate over divisive issues such as gay rights, gun rights and a pre-emptive repudiation of proposed federal health care mandates.
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Final egg hatches in eagle nest at Norfolk Botanical Garden
The third and final egg hatched in the bald eagle nest at Norfolk Botanical Garden in the wee hours of Monday morning.
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About the budget
Preserves $950 million a year to localities for reductions in city- and county-imposed car tax.
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Deal Reached on Campus Threat Team Bill
Legislation Online News VPA / March 14, 2010 The General Assembly approved a measure Saturday that would allow campus threat assessment teams to discuss internally criminal and mental health records of students deemed to be a potential threat to safety.
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Locally grown food to be part of school lunches in Virginia
Hey kids! Eat those veggies for your school lunch! Especially if they're grown just down the street!A During the 2010 Virginia General Assembly Session, House Joint Resolution 95 , introduced by Delegate Edward Scott representing Culpeper, Madison and Orange County, Virginia, officially establishing a "Virginia Farm-to-School Week" was passed with ...
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Virginia budget cuts into schools, public health
The General Assembly on Sunday overwhelmingly passed a new two-year budget that makes unprecedented cuts to state services and programs but includes no tax increase.
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Va. Hit-and-Run Driver Sought
Virginia State Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash near Springfield that left an elderly man seriously injured.
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Abortion Rights License Plates Bill Passes
A bill establishing an abortion-rights license plate is headed to Gov. Bob McDonnell, who has said he doesn't support the organization that would receive money from the plates.
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House approves McDonnell plan on virtual classes
The House of Delegates yesterday passed Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposal to create a framework for approving virtual classes for public school students and gave preliminary approval to a plan to create college partnership lab schools.
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DMV Unveils Shenandoah National Park License Plate
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has introduced a new license plate that will raise money for Shenandoah National Park.
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Virginia's 2010 Legislation At A Glance
The outcome of key legislation in the 2010 General Assembly: BILLS ENACTED --Increases the speed limit to 70 mph on interstates, divided highways and some high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
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Virginia jobless rate rose slightly in January
More Virginians lost jobs in January as the state unemployment rate rose slightly to 6.9 percent from 6.8 percent the month before, the Virginia Employment Commission reported yesterday.
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Virginia General Assembly Opening Prayer To Be Given By Pro-Terror Imam
A. W. Morgan writes: A gay Jew has invited a Muslim terrorist sympathizer to give the Virginia General Assembly's opening prayer on March 11.
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VA Attorney General Cuccinelli Not Backing Down on Gay Policy
"What I said in my March 4 letter was accurate advice under Virginia law, and it still stands," Cuccinelli said in brief comments to reporters after addressing lawmakers on an unrelated issue.
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Southern West Virginia Braces for Another Round of Flooding
A flood warning has been issued for Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Monroe and Summers counties.
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BRIEF: Virginia ranks 7th in GPS navigation usage
Virginia residents rank No. 7 in the nation among the most frequent users of GPS navigation, according to new research.
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Shenandoah carpenter collects on $200 million lottery
For the past five months, Steve Williams has lived with a secret. Today, he let it be known that he was the Virginia resident who won last fall's $200 million Mega Millions drawing.
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Permit Granted for VA Port Expansion, Still Lacks Funding
The Virginia Port Authority's planned expansion of Craney Island has received its final permit but funding for the multibillion-dollar project is still a hurdle.
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A slow path to raising speed limits
Virginia can now, if it wishes, raise the speed limit on some limited-access highways to 70 miles-per-hour. But not right away.
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Uranium mining at issue
Opponents of uranium mining in Southside Virginia and the people who want to end a state moratorium on mining the fuel for nuclear power plants have one more difference of opinion: the size of the deposit.
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