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Commencement ceremonies in full swing
Commencement ceremonies for graduates of colleges and universities across the region are in full swing. Whether you plan to attend an upcoming ceremony or not, be prepared for potential heavy traffic near the locations in the hours before and after...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Science, Virginia Tech, Jim Webb, United Nations
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In Virginia, a lot riding on online sales tax
Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate this week that would push online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made online would help provide crucial funding for Virginia roads. A key component of the transportation funding package signed into law...Tags: Executive Branch, Bob McDonnell, Sales, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business
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Rep. Scott taking VA gun control activist to State of the Union
U.S. Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport news, has invited Virginia gun control activist Lori Haas to be his guest at President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday. Haas, whose daughter Emily was shot but survived the 2007 Virginia...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Virginia General Assembly, Personal Weapon Control, Barack Obama, Shootings
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4th District: Forbes pushes for defense
U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes was the newest member of Congress on Sept. 11, 2001, having just won a special election. Since then, the 4th District congressman has spent much of his time in office shaping the United States' ability to respond to the terrorist...Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Voting, Mark Pryor, Local Elections, Barack Obama
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Facts often get lost in the Medicare scare tactic
William Tucker of Hampton beams with pride when he talks about meeting President Barack Obama last month when the president made a campaign stop in Hampton. Tucker, 83, a veteran of three wars who has also been the head of the state longshoremen's union,...
Tags: Voting, Medical Procedures and Tests, Congressional Budget Office, Barack Obama, Chesapeake City
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Both off-shore drilling, wind farms could be spoils of election
Whether it's drilling off shore for oil and natural gas, developing wind farms off the coast or a combination of the two, energy policy proposals from candidates of both parties seeking federal office could be a boon for Hampton Roads. At first glance...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Renewable Energy, Barack Obama, Chesapeake City, Alternative Energy
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Election results likely to decide the sequestration debate
Virginia is set to hurl over a "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1 if lawmakers in Washington cannot come up with a deal before then to stop nearly $500 billion in cuts in military spending put in place by last summer's deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling. A...Tags: Voting, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, George W. Bush
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Election 2012: Democrats, Republicans offer clear choice on taxes
At the center of the fall campaigns, from the presidential race on down, is whether to extend all or some of President George W. Bush's temporary tax cuts which are set to expire at the end of the year. President Barack Obama wants the Bush-tax cuts to...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Labor Legislation, White House, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama
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Voters will decide thrust of economic policy going forward
As the national economy struggles to find solid footing following the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, candidates for federal office, from the presidential race down to the local congressional races, are locked in a philosophical...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Economic Policy
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Re-election the top priority?
Members of Congress are more interested in winning reelection than in removing before then the budget "sequestration" knife that threatens to lop 10 percent off 2,500 defense programs starting Jan. 2. That was the signal that lawmakers sent at a House...Tags: Defense, White House, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Retirement
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Hampton Roads reacts to Supreme Court's decision to uphold health-care law
Here are local reactions to today's U.S. Supreme Court5-4 ruling upholding President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. Congressman Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, said he "will continue to support limiting the federal government's reach." "As this law...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Labor Legislation, Parties and Movements, Barack Obama, Sales
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