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Here are some of your emails on issues in the local news or local news coverage. *** I just watched your reporter on the 11 o'clock news interview the Mayor of Roanoke re: the U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate 35,000 jobs. The mayor dramatically...Tags: Basketball, Business, Special Olympics, Black History, Leontyne Price
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Setback for proposed amendment on prayer in public schools
ReporterA Senate subcommittee will not endorse an amendment to the state constitution that its sponsor says will protect prayer in the public schools. "I’m just trying to strengthen our constitution," said Grayson Co. Delegate Bill Carrico. "I’m not...Tags: Politics, Public Schools, American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom of the Press, Civil Rights
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Proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution stirs new debate about prayer in public schools
ReporterTwo weeks ago, the posting of the Ten Commandments in Giles County schools was generating headlines. Now, the issue is prayer in the public schools, and a state constitutional amendment proposed by a lawmaker from western Virginia. "The prayer was...Tags: Politics, Public Schools, American Civil Liberties Union, Laws, Justice System
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Area lawmakers react to President's State of the Union Address
The economy and unity were the key themes tonight as President Obama gave his annual State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress.
Many Republicans and Democrats sat together in the wake of the shooting that wounded their colleague, Gabriel...Tags: Laws, National Government, Bob Goodlatte, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Arizona
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Activists defend gun rights at Virginia rally
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Hundreds of gun-toting citizens have gathered at the Virginia Capitol to rally for gun rights.
Speakers at Monday's event said tragedies such as the shooting spree in Arizona that wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are no...Tags: Politics, Injuries and Wounds, Laws, Justice System, Gun Control
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UPDATED: Ten Commandments goes back up in Giles County Schools
New River Valley Bureau ChiefThe Ten Commandments was returned to the walls inside each Giles County school Friday. Thursday night dozens packed into a school board meeting urging the Giles County board members to put the Ten Commandments back up. They were taken down in all...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Church and State Relations, Family, Laws
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Goodlatte in the spotlight as members of Congress read the U.S. Constitution on the House floor
ReporterOn the day after Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District Congressman Bob Goodlatte was in the Washington spotlight. Goodlatte organized the reading of the U.S. Constitution on the House floor -- a recommitment, he...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Bob Goodlatte, U.S. House of Representatives
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Alaska Supreme Court Says State's Redistricting Plan Flawed
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska Supreme Court ruled against the Alaska Redistricting Board’s redistricting plan for the state Wednesday afternoon, saying its imbalances of the Alaska Constitution weren’t necessitated by the federal Voting Rights Act and ordering...Tags: Politics, Voting, Elections
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Ron Paul is sweeping the GOP youth vote
Across the country, the youth vote is down. Registration is low. Voter enthusiasm for Republican candidates has been lackluster.
Unless that candidate's name is Ron Paul.
The 76-year-old U.S. representative from Texas has energized — and gained &#...Tags: Politics, Same-Sex Marriage, Voting, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul
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Re-energizing young voters
DeJanee Fennell hears the excuses.
Young people are apathetic. Young people are sick of politics. Young people have given up.
But Fennell doesn't buy that. The 20-year-old junior at Morgan State University knows President Barack Obama needs the youth...Tags: Voting, Occupy Wall Street, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Charles Village
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Should the crosses at Camp Pendleton come down? [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.The crosses at Camp Pendleton erected to memorialize fallen Marines are a sensitive issue. On the one hand, the religious symbols are a way to honor people who scarified their lives for our country. On the other, there's the constitutional...... -
DEP Chief Talks Of 'Dodging' Land Swap Issue
The Hartford Courant"I cannot dodge this much longer," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's new appointee as environmental commissioner, Daniel C. Esty, wrote in an uneasy-sounding e-mail to a subordinate on April 1. Esty was referring to a news article that the subordinate had sent him...Tags: Connecticut River, M. Jodi Rell, Land Resources, Laws, Dannel P. Malloy
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