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Obama holding military families hostage, Trump the ‘Apprentice Candidate’ – Gingrich (AUDIO)

Apr08
2011
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Newt Gingrich speaks at Liberty University

By Dan McDermott The Lynchburg Times and McDermottReport.com LYNCHBURG – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said President Barack Obama is holding military families hostage in his budget battle with House Republicans and said that potential Republican rival Donald Trump’s newest show is ‘being Apprentice Candidate.’ Speaking at The Awakening 2011 conference at Liberty University on [...]

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(AUDIO) McDonnell talks redistricting, Jens Soering, Va. Retirement System, autism and VCU

Mar30
2011
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From left are Del. T. Scott Garrett, M.D., Sen. Steve Newman and Gov. Bob McDonnell. The three attended a ribbon cutting in Lynchburg Mar. 30, one day after Senate Democrats redrew Newman's legislative district to include another senator and part of a national forest bordering West Virginia two hours away.

By Dan McDermott LYNCHBURG — Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke to reporters Wed. March 30 at a ribbon cutting in Lynchburg just one day after Senate Democrats and House Republicans released their respective plans for new legislative lines in the Commonwealth. The senate plan groups four Republicans into two senate districts. In one case, Sen. [...]

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America’s longest serving state legislator

Mar18
2011
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[Note: This is part of the 'best of' series from my newspapers. This was a terrific piece by Rich Griset that we used to launch our third newspaper in 2010.] By Rich Griset Capital News Service State Delegate Lacey Putney is in no rush. It’s not that he isn’t busy, because as the chairman of the [...]

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Believe it. Kaine is running – Sabato

Mar14
2011
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sabato on kaine CROPPED

Yep. He’s running. Tim Kaine for Senate. That’s the analysis from UVA political scientist Larry Sabato. Earlier today, a University of Richmond student called WINA radio and said that two of his friends were in a class Kaine teaches on Mondays and that Kaine said he would be seeking the Democratic nomination for Senate. Then [...]

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Associated Press suing Nordstrom, others over Obama poster

Mar13
2011
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Photo courtesy of thaths on Flickr.

The Associated Press said they have filed lawsuits seeking unspecified damages against Nordstrom, Urban Outfitters and Zumiez for selling T-shirts with the famous Barack Obama HOPE image. AP says the image was taken from a 2006 photo of then-Senator Obama at the National Press Club. The HOPE design was created by artist Shepard Fairey who [...]

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Webb commission reports federal contracting skyrockets

Mar13
2011
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By Paige Winfield Cunningham ALEXANDRIA — Over reliance on government contractors is wasting tens of billions of dollars spent on overseas wars, say members of a federal commission established at the prompting of Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. The Commission on Wartime Contracting recently completed an investigation into waste, fraud and abuse of the $177 billion spent [...]

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Montana law would require drivers license test be given in English only

Mar13
2011
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BY MICHAEL NOYES HELENA – Currently motorists in Montana can take the written drivers license test in Russian, Chinese, Spanish or English. A new law before the legislature proposes the written test be given in English only. A hearing on House Bill 302 was held on Thursday afternoon in front of the Senate Highways and [...]

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Va. redistricting panel warns against gerrymandering

Mar13
2011
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By Tracy Kennedy Capital News Service RICHMOND – Three people huddled around a painted map of Virginia that hung on a wall in a meeting room in the Capitol. A young man gestured animatedly toward certain counties and legislative districts while his audience nodded in approval. “And what did you do with Roanoke?” Judy Ford [...]

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