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- May 21, 2018
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Northam Vetoes GOP Bills Making Healthcare More Productive

Governor Ralph Northam vetoed four GOP bills that he claims would “undermine” Virginia’s health insurance marketplace and raise the cost of care for everyone. Ironically, this is the same problem that Republican senators say their proposals were set to fix.

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- May 18, 2018
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Forgotten Fredericksburg Freeways And VDOT’s Six-Year Plan

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Where is the worst traffic in America? No, you’re quite wrong…it’s Fredericksburg, Virginia. The reason for the massive amounts of traffic is mismanagement and forgetfulness.

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- May 14, 2018
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Scott Taylor’s Record Wins Him Spot On 2018 Inside Business Power List

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As a freshman Republican member of the House of Representatives, Congressman Scott Taylor has worked hard to make sure his first term in office is one worth remembering – so successful that it won him a spot on the 2018 Inside Business Power List

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- May 14, 2018
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Cox & Hugo: The Reason For Voting Down D.C. Metro Tax

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Speaker of the House Kirk Cox and Republican Caucus Chairman Timothy Hugo penned an opinion piece posted in The Washington Post on why the Republican majority voted down the measure to raise the taxes to pay for the fixes to the Washington-area Metro system.

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- May 10, 2018
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Mother-Daughter Pipeline Protest Finally Ends, Construction Begins

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After fighting to block a natural gas pipeline from being constructed through family farm land on Bent Mountain in Roanoke County, Virginia, a mother-daughter protester duet came down from the treetops Saturday.

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- May 9, 2018
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Virginia Beach To Get Third Sub-Sea Cable, Connecting To South Africa

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Virginia Beach is getting a third sub-sea cable that has the potential to bring 200 new high-tech jobs to the coastal Virginia city and digitally connect South Africa to the U.S.

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- May 5, 2018
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House’s FAA Reauthorization Includes Key Comstock Amendments

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As the reauthorization legislation of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the House of Representatives last week, it also included amendments to bolster federal support for spaceports and to reduce airport noise, forwarded by Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10).

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- May 5, 2018
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Taylor Talks Tangier Island At Eastern Shore Town Hall

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Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2) met with his constituents at an informal “town hall” meeting in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore this week and spoke at length about the sea level rise affecting Tangier Island and threatening its 722 inhabitants. 

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- May 4, 2018
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Relics Of A Bygone Depression, Trump’s Tariffs May Hurt Virginia Farmers

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Soybean farmers in Central Virginia are sweating the Trump Administration’s tariffs as China may cease buying the beans if Beijing follows through with its threats to counter the U.S. proposal with its own duties on American goods.

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- May 3, 2018
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Amid The General Decline For Coal, Some Miners See A Bright Future

Although there has been a gradual trend away from coal towards natural gas, towards renewable energy sources, leading to the eventual closing of hundreds of coal-fired generators across the U.S. in the coming years, not every coal company sees a bleak future.

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