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Council member to run for mayor
Amherst Town Council member Paul Kilgore Jr. has filed papers to run for mayor in November.
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VDOT spends $5,000,000 to build Botetourt County wetland
To meet requirements from federal and state regulators, VDOT spent $5.1 million to build a wetland and stream in Eagle Rock.
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Cuccinelli, other AGs ask court to allow imported execution drug
Officials ask Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to appeal a decision blocking the importation of an execution drug.
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Warner, Rubio and others roll out startup jobs bill
In an unlikely alliance, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., will today join with tea-party favorite Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in introducing legislation to build on the Jobs Act signed into law earlier this year.
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Those who abstained are the ones who didn't elect gay judge to bench
It wasn’t the 31 conservatives in the Virginia House who voted no that denied Tracy Thorne-Begland’s bid to become the first openly gay judge elected to the bench in Virginia. It was those who abstained or didn’t vote that did him in.
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Appomattox supervisors approve budget increasing money to schools
In a 3-2 vote Monday, the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors passed a budget that increases school funding, property taxes and staff salaries.
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Bedford adopts budget with $2.7 million boost to schools, leaving deficit
For the first time in several years, the Bedford Board of Supervisors adopted a fiscal budget Monday that increases local funding to the county’s school system.
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Campbell schools bump staff pay to counteract increased retirement costs
During a brief evening meeting, the Campbell County School Board unanimously approved a small pay raise designed to keep staff salaries from decreasing next year due to changes to the Virginia Retirement System.
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VDOT to be sued by former employee for displaying nooses
Keith Smith said two supervisors had nooses displayed while he worked as a contract employee for VDOT.
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PolitiFact's Bob-O-Meter: Study but little action on rural doctors
The Promise: "We will offer assistance... to train more doctors and nurses to practice in rural Virginia." The Bob-O-Meter says: In the Works.
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Fact-checking the new Crossroads GPS ad
Cross Roads GPS, a conservativ...
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Lynchburg council to close the book on budget
On Tuesday, Lynchburg City Council will close the books on a stressful budget season that brought the city its first tax rate increase since 1989.
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VBA announces debate in state's U.S. Senate race
The Virginia Bar Association has announced what it hopes will be the first general election debate in the state's U.S. Senate race, to be held Saturday, July 21 at The Homestead in Hot Springs.
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Bedford supervisors to vote on budget, school funding
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors will vote on its budget Monday night. On the line: several million dollars in education funding.
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McDonnell signs voter ID legislation
He also directs the State Board of Elections to issue new voter ID cards.
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Romney releases TV ad in Va., three other states
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign has released its first general election TV ad, promising immediate and sweeping changes if the former Massachusetts governor is elected.
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Marshall says 'sodomy is not a civil right'
Presidential campaigns also weigh in on rejection of Thorne-Begland.
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Va.'s April revenue up 10.6 percent over April 2011
State revenue collections rose 10.6 percent in April over the same month in 2011 thanks in part to strong individual nonwithholding receipts.
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GOP leaders demur on judge rejection
Two prominent Republicans who want to be the next governor believe that sexual orientation should not solely determine whether someone is fit to be a judge.
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Virginia Republican Senate hopeful angry over Ten Commandments lawsuit suggestion
Bishop E.W. Jackson believes displaying only six of the Commandments, would be a slap in the face to our founding fathers.
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WSLS tracks where local politicans get their money
Nearly 50 percent of campaign money comes from political action committees.
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Hundreds attended public hearing on Campbell County budget
At the opening of Campbell County’s public budget hearing Tuesday night, it appeared as if it would be a raucous debate between the anti-tax rally and school supporters.
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Gay prosecutor's rejection for judgeship lands Virginia back in spotlight
Thorne-Begland would have been the first openly gay person elected to the bench in Virginia.
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Roll-call vote on Tracy Thorne-Begland judgeship
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McDonnell touts international business outreach
Saying that Asian countries hold "immense potential" as markets for Virginia products and services, Gov. Bob McDonnell Tuesday touted his administration's efforts to foster international trade at a meeting of a statewide Asian-American business group.
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