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O'Malley defends Obama, slams Romney on Medicare
Gov. Martin O'Malley, President Obama's go-to surrogate during the summer election season, slammed Republican candidate Mitt Romney Sunday morning on Medicare and taxes during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. The Maryland Democrat squared off...Tags: Regional Authority, Mitt Romney, Republican Governors Association, Elections, Government Health Care
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City finance nominee had turbulent record in Richmond
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's nominee for city finance director spent a tumultuous three years as top financial official in Richmond, Va., during which he oversaw the forced ejection of the school board from City Hall and was sued by the...Tags: Finance, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Credit Ratings, William Donald Schaefer, Bernard C. Young
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Aiming for spot on ticket as No. 2
Sun StaffIsiah Leggett sits in the kitchen of his 4,500-square-foot home in Burtonsville -- a space not much smaller than the three-room house where he and a dozen brothers and sisters were raised -- and points to a faded scar above his right eye. "See that...Tags: Regional Authority, Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), NAACP, Justice System, College Football
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va., Jeff E. Schapiro column
Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia Democrats aren't gaga over their nominee for governor, Terry McAuliffe. He has issues. He can't win just by howling about the other guy's. And Ken Cuccinelli's are considerable. What McAuliffe and out-of-power Democrats need, Virginia has in...Tags: Regional Authority, Justice System, Stafford County, Parties and Movements, Mark R. Herring
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VCU to charge tuition by credit hour
Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia Commonwealth University will charge new students by the credit hour next year under a "market-based" pricing structure that one board member criticized as "the most massive increase in tuition in Virginia history." The board of visitors...Tags: Labor Markets, Teaching and Learning, Science, Students, Prices
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Slavery museum alleges fraud
Richmond Times-DispatchThe U.S. National Slavery Museum, fighting to save its property from a tax sale, has filed court papers saying the city of Fredericksburg "grossly inflated" its property assessments. In court papers, Joseph D. Morrissey, a Henrico County delegate and...Tags: Slavery, Bankruptcy, Justice System, Trials, Judges
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Police, fire pay step programs will resume
Richmond Times-DispatchMayor Dwight C. Jones and the City Council have agreed to reinstate a frozen pay increase plan for Richmond's approximately 1,100 police officers and firefighters. However, the budget amendments that will be introduced as part of the city's spending...Tags: Lobbying, Fires, Budgets and Budgeting
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Editorial: Bring back political compromise
Political analysts commonly carve up the geography and demography of America into red states, blue states, retro voters, metro voters, Neo-Cons, Progressives, soccer moms and NASCAR dads. In truth, most voters don't think of themselves as a category,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Christopher Newport University, Elections, NASCAR, U.S. House of Representatives
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Slavery museum land value debated
The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.The city's attorney in the slavery museum case says a new land appraisal done for the museum shouldn't have any effect on the museum's delinquent tax bill or the city's efforts to auction the land. But the museum's attorneys say it makes all the...Tags: Auction Service, Companies and Corporations, Justice System, Museums, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
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Richard Bland a college in transition
Richmond Times-DispatchJoana Blum and Sancia Grant, roommates at Richard Bland College, came to the rural Southside campus by different routes for the same reason. "I was a little scared of the whole idea of moving on to a big school," said Blum, who was born in Germany and...Tags: NAACP, Teaching and Learning, College of William and Mary, Petersburg (Petersburg, Virginia), American Civil Liberties Union
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Dwight C. Jones' journey to power in Richmond
Richmond Times-DispatchThough the two men share core philosophical similarities about wielding power from City Hall, there's one big difference between Mayor Dwight C. Jones and his predecessor, former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, according to a one-time Wilder adviser. "Jones'...Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Health and Safety at School, Local Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements
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Choral festival in Norfolk gathers choirs from Hampton University, Elizabeth City State, NSU
The HBCU Choral Festival will feature the combined force of four college choirs gathered to sing in Norfolk. Happening Sunday, Feb. 17, at the L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center on the Norfolk State University campus, the event will include the...
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