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County election officials doubt need to tighten VA voter ID requirements

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Tightening voter ID requirements would combat “voter fraud” in Virginia, but county election officials say the proposals would create an...

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VA House bill to make school discipline stats public

  By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News   ALEXANDRIA — A bipartisan bill on its way to Gov. Bob McDonnell could provide parents with greater access to discipline data from public schools, but...

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VA seeks to streamline serious juvenile crime cases

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News   ALEXANDRIA — Repeat juvenile offenders as young as 14 could find themselves in adult prisons, but many argue simplifying the judicial process could be...

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VA’s kinship care bill could lead to ‘school shopping’

  Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News   RICHMOND — Williamsburg Christian Academy, as its name suggests, is a small, private school built on biblical principles and beliefs. The school, which...

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VA’s eminent domain bill could open Pandora’s box

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Jim Close won't soon forget the effects of Norfolk's decision to install sewer lines, which were being placed to support a pair of...

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Virginia lawmakers fail to move foreclosure bill

By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Chantilly real estate agent John Thompson has, since 2007, delivered the news of foreclosure dozens of times.   Never is it easy. One such...

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VA DMV burns $28M before scrapping plan

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News   ALEXANDRIA — The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles burned through $28 million on a customer service plan before deciding the project was flawed and...

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Heavyweights Kaine, Allen build war chests for U.S. Senate race

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — U.S. Senate hopefuls George Allen and Tim Kaine have begun to amass their campaign war chests for a run at retiring Democratic Sen. Jim Webb’s...

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Cuccinelli nets $1.5B settlement from Abbott Labs

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News   ALEXANDRIA — Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expected to pony up $1.5 billion to settle a claim that it marketed a drug for improper use, the Virginia...

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Seven VA stimulus recipients don’t report spending; feds have no recourse

By Kathryn Watson | Old Dominion Watchdog     ALEXANDRIA — More than $109 million in federal stimulus awards to seven Virginia organizations, municipalities and educational institutions went...

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Virginia State University approves fifth tuition hike

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Petersburg-based Virginia State University ordered the school’s fifth consecutive tuition hike last week, ratcheting up the cost to attend by...

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VA attorney general nets $1.5B settlement from Abbott Labs

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expected to pony up $1.5 billion to settle a claim that it marketed a drug for improper use, the Virginia Attorney...

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More voters have opinion of Cuccinelli than rivals in gov race

By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — More Virginians have an opinion of Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinellithan of his likely rivals in the 2013 race for governor, according...

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Texas Teacher Retirement System owns a hedge fund

  By Curt Olson l Texas Budget Source AUSTIN — The Teacher Retirement System of Texas has gone from hedge fund investing to having part ownership of one of the top hedge funds in the world. TRS...

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Legal bills mount in contractor’s suit against Houston schools trustee

By Mike Cronin | Texas Watchdog HOUSTON — A civil lawsuit accusing Houston schools Trustee Larry Marshall of bribery, money laundering, wire fraud and racketeering filed a year-and-a-half ago has cost...

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PA House to be critical of Senate’s budget plan

GOP at odds over spending increase By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — The state House has the Senate’s state budget plan, but a mix of opinions portend a controversial approval process....

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Establishment picks faces off in FL’s 22nd District

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — More than four months remain until the primaries for the Republican and Democratic parties in Florida, but the parties have decided on their candidates for...

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IL Senate leader wants biz to make tax returns public

By Anthony Brino | Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD —  Illinois‘ Senate leader wants to require publicly traded corporations operating in the state to disclose certain financial information, an...

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