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Va. House delays showdown on Senate redistricting
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The House showdown over a surprise redistricting bill that Senate Republicans strong-armed to passage will have to wait for another day.
Film, tourism industries thank Virginia legislators
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Donald “Spec” Campen Jr. pinned a bright yellow “Lights Camera JOBS!” button to his Navy blazer and spent Tuesday morning serving donuts and funneling popcorn into small cardboard boxes on the first floor of the General Assembly Building.
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Va. eugenics program victims closer to payment
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Lewis Reynolds didn’t know what had been done to him until years later.
After getting married, the Lynchburg man found he couldn’t father children. The reason: He had been sterilized at age 13 under a Virginia law with the stated purpose of preventing “defective persons” from becoming “by the propagation of their kind a menace to society.”
Lawmakers move to change Va. electoral vote system
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Virginia’s Republican-ruled legislature has taken the first steps toward ending the state’s winner-takes-all system of apportioning its 13 presidential electoral votes.
A Senate subcommittee recommended Sen. Bill Carrico’s bill on Wednesday on a 3-3 party line vote.
Colortree acquires Richmond web printer
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Deal is designed to aid company’s direct-mail goals
House panel votes down citizen review of SOLs
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After grappling this morning over how much input parents and other citizens should have into the state’s Standards of Learning exams, a House panel decided against creating a special review board for those groups.
New poll shows tight race for Virginia governor
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The two leading candidates for Virginia governor this year are locked in a tight race whose outcome may depend on turnout levels in November, according to a new poll sampling voter attitudes about the contest.
Projects in Northern Virginia get financing
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Office buildings in Vienna and Woodbridge shopping center win investors.
Virginia ranked as top state for green buildings in 2012
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Washington, D.C., remains overall leader for LEED certification
New regional and artisan center announced for Rockbridge County
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Owner of two local travel plazas heading up local group to build $11 million visitor attraction.
