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WDBJ7 goes one on one with Anthony Flaccavento
This week's Election 2012 candidate profile focuses on the 9th District Congressional race. The 9th district is located in the southwest portion of the state and includes Montgomery, Pulaski, Giles, Floyd, Craig, Carroll, and Grayson Counties, along with...
Tags: Abortion Issue, Health Care Reform (2009), Healthcare Policies, Banking, Business
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Conservative economists endorse immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON -- More than 100 conservative economists will call on Congress to approve an immigration overhaul, highlighting the potential economic benefits. The letter by the American Action Forum, to be released Thursday, is the latest volley from...Tags: U.S. Senate, George W. Bush, Immigration, Labor Markets, Productivity
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: U.S. Senate, Population and Census, Jeff Flake, Productivity, Politics
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Elizabeth Warren, Invention and Innovation, Instrument Engineering, Government Health Care
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Study results in loss of job
A recent study by conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation sheds a great deal of light on the sausage mill of policy research, and the courage and integrity of the process of policy research altogether. The Heritage study itself estimated that...Tags: Immigration, Research, Migration, Politics, Ball State University
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GOP overplays its hand
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conservative groups and the...Tags: Taxation, Barack Obama, The Washington Post, Human Rights, Ted Cruz
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Boonsboro Council to give $45,000 for museum
davem@herald-mail.comBoonsboro Town Council members on Monday night agreed set aside $45,000 over the next three years for further development of a proposed museum to celebrate the history of the National Road that passes through town. An organization known as the...Tags: Museums, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts and Culture
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Obama the latest in line of US presidents to face suggestions of political bias in IRS actions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service controversy dogging President Barack Obama is hardly the first time a White House and the tax agency have been accused of political meddling and bias. Nor is it the first time that political and...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Senate, Eric Holder, NAACP, Interior Policy
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La maldición del segundo término
Muchos analistas creen que lo que se llama "la maldición de los segundos períodos presidenciales" ya afecta a Barack Obama. Para ellos, la agenda del Presidente en sus últimos cuatro años en la Casa Blanca, impide que su agenda actual pueda discutirse.... -
May 16: Feedback from newspaper readers
Storm water tax •Ted: None of the articles on property tax I've seen say anything about the storm water tax for Hampton. For example it went up about $20 per year from 2011 to 2012. What's the story on it for 2013? Editor: The storm water... -
Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy, Students, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Delta Sigma Theta names Genesis 'Keeper Of The Torch'
Genesis Community Health Center has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 Women of Excellence "Keeper of the Torch Award" for its work as a community healthcare resource by the Delta Heritage Foundation. Together with the West Palm Beach alumnae...Tags: Diabetes, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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