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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Roll-call vote on Tracy Thorne-Begland judgeship
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Task force succeeds in eliminating 15 mandates; 50 more enacted
The governor’s task force on state-imposed mandates succeeded in getting 15 regulations struck this year.
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General Assembly appoints two Lynchburg area judges
Among the final issues resolved during the General Assembly’s overtime struggle on the state budget were judgeships, about 40 of which were filled in the early-morning hours Tuesday before lawmakers adjourned their 2012 session.
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Two judges confirmed for Lynchburg area
The General Assembly appointed two new judges for the Lynchburg area early today, just before it adjourned its 2012 session.
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Thorne-Begland's boss says judgeship rejection 'embarrassment' for Va.
In early morning vote, House social conservatives led by Del. Robert G. Marshall reject bid to name openly gay prosecutor to Richmond General District Court.
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Tim Kaine: George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate 'turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States.'
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4th Circuit panel to hear Lynchburg death-row case appeal today
Attorneys for the state are fighting to keep a man on Virginia's death row after a federal court said his claims of mental deficiency were enough to warrant an appeal.
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House turns down change in state worker bonus funding
State lawmakers on Monday rejected more than two dozen of Gov. Bob McDonnell's amendments to the 2012-2014 budget.
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