Cox & Hugo: The Reason For Voting Down D.C. Metro Tax

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Alex Lemieux - May 14, 2018

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Cox & Hugo: The Reason For Voting Down D.C. Metro Tax

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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TRS Staff - May 10, 2018

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Mother-Daughter Pipeline Protest Finally Ends, Construction Begins

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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TRS Staff - May 9, 2018

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

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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Alex Lemieux - May 5, 2018

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House’s FAA Reauthorization Includes Key Comstock Amendments

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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Alex Lemieux - May 5, 2018

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Taylor Talks Tangier Island At Eastern Shore Town Hall

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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Alex Lemieux - May 4, 2018

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

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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TRS Staff - 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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Alex Lemieux - April 29, 2018

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Speaker Cox Convenes Select Committee On School Safety

Virginia’s extensive efforts when it comes to school safety has been discussed as the House of Delegates’ first Select Committee in 155 years have taken a broad approach to looking at warding off violence in schools.

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Alex Lemieux - April 24, 2018

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Politico: Three Conservative Virginia Women Make Power List

Politico recently highlighted women working in politics and policy-making process throughout the country and worldwide. As there were many to choose from, they selected 20 top power-players, three of which have their foothold in Virginia. Kay Coles James – President, Heritage Foundation Although traditional Republicanism in Washington has taken on a new light in the […]