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By Alex Wiggins and Pia Talwar – Capital News Service
RICHMOND – The Virginia Senate has rejected a House-approved bill to repeal a law requiring girls to get a dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine before entering sixth grade.
The Senate voted 22-17 to send House Bill 1112 back to the Senate Education and Health Committee, effectively [...]
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RICHMOND – Virginia State Parks are now as close as your smartphone with the introduction of the new Virginia State Parks Pocket Ranger® app. Developed collaboratively by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation and ParksByNature, the new Pocket Ranger® Mobile Tour Guide is available at no charge thanks to the Virginia Association for Parks [...]
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In an address to the Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s “Chamber Day at the Capitol,” Governor Bob McDonnell today announced the “Governor’s Bowl” food and fund drive. The “Governor’s Bowl” campaign will run from Memorial Day to Independence Day, helping to keep Virginia’s food banks stocked during the summer months, which are typically slower for food [...]
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli
RICHMOND – On Thursday January 12, 2012, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced that a settlement has been reached with Dominion Management Services, Inc., doing business as CashPoint, resulting in nearly $600,000 in refunds to eligible customers. This action is a result of the company’s alleged violations of Virginia laws applicable to [...]
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The nation’s leading education journal today ranked Virginia as fourth in the nation in overall educational quality and performance. Education Week’s Quality Counts 2012 report awarded the commonwealth a letter grade of B, up from a B- in 2011, when the commonwealth also ranked fourth.
Education Week described Virginia as “a perennial strong finisher” in the [...]
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RICHMOND – Governor Bob McDonnell today announced a partnership between the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) that supports his government reform initiative to streamline services. Beginning in late-January, citizens can register boats and boat trailers in one trip to either DGIF or DMV. They [...]
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Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg will shoot his highly anticipated feature film Lincoln in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The film is based on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin and will be shot in the Richmond and Petersburg areas. Filming will begin in the Fall and the movie is slated for [...]
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Tim Kaine
The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee ended months of speculation yesterday with a simple tweet form his Twitter account, “I’m running!” The announcement included a link to Kaine’s first campaign commercial touting his record in Virginia politics when he served as governor. Speculation that Kaine would run began circulating soon after [...]
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HARRISONBURG, VA—A Stuarts Draft, Va. man who was charged last April with shooting two people at a scenic overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Augusta County, pleaded guilty this afternoon to charges related to the incident.
Ralph Leon Jackson, 57, pled guilty to one count of assaulting Christina Shay Floyd with [...]
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Governor Bob McDonnell announced today a new initiative designed to generate additional revenues to help defray the costs of operating the Commonwealth’s 42 safety rest areas and welcome centers.
In July 2010, Governor McDonnell directed the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to work in partnership with other state agencies to identify and implement long-term strategies to [...]
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