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Pre-election day hijinks in Gloucester Point
Who's on Team Gloucester?As of 1 o'clock today, voter turnout in Gloucester was 23 percent, which General Registrar Carole Gates said was "moderate." Gates said poll workers around Gloucester "haven't had any complaints from voters" in regards to what's going on outside the...Tags: Elections, Gloucester Point
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Final tally in Gloucester: Wittman in a landslide
Who's on Team Gloucester?Rep. Rob Wittman, a Republican from the 1st District, captured 74 percent of the vote in Gloucester in Tuesday's election, easily defeating Democrat challenger Krystal Ball. The final results from Gloucester show that Wittman garnered 7,959 votes, for...Tags: Property, Elections, Real Estate, Voting, Referenda
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Krystal Ball photos are wrong, but not sexist
There are plenty of nice online photos of Virginia congressional candidate Krystal Ball — portraits of a serious young woman in a dark suit, sweet shots of a young mother with her baby girl.
But the ones that put her on the map last week are the...Tags: Television Stations, John Edwards, Television Industry, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer
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Rep. Rob Wittman re-elected as chairman of U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
One local congressman may have a partisan stake in this Saturday's Army-Navy game. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland, has been elected to this third term as chairman of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. Wittman is a member of the House Armed...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Washington, DC, United States Naval Academy
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Wittman-led panel taking stand against BRAC
Rep. Rob Wittman was against another round of military base closures before the Obama administration formally requested one. Now the House panel he chairs is poised to endorse that view. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness has released its...Tags: Langley Air Force Base, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Hampton Roads, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Fort Monroe
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Warner submits bill to bring more accountability to Chesapeake Bay restoration
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner introduced a measure Tuesday that would require more accountability in tracking restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay. The legislation would require the federal Office of Management and Budget to prepare a yearly...
Tags: Renovation, Mark R. Warner
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Editorial: Online sales tax is a one-click revenue source
Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which requires Internet-based businesses to collect state sales tax based on the shipping address. The bill is fair, logical and necessary to Virginia's economy. Businesses that sell...Tags: Television Industry, Business, Crime, Law and Justice, Sales, National Retail Federation
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Senate to vote on Internet sales tax bill
Daily PressThe Senate is set to vote on an Internet sales tax bill within the first week of May. Also known as the Marketplace Fairness Act, the bill gives states the authority to require online sellers to collect sales tax at the point of purchase. There is an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Small Businesses, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Business
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Sequestration would reach far into the Virginia Peninsula community - and affect health services
Like a victim tied to buzz saw table in an old movie melodrama, federal, state and local agencies and departments, and a host of businesses and nonprofit organizations are watching with alarm as budget blades churn toward them. On Friday automatic...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Government Debt, Government, Labor Legislation, Virginia Marine Resources Commission
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House passes bill shielding shipbuilding from deep cuts
A bill that shelters a string of shipbuilding programs from budget cuts breezed through the House Wednesday as a Republican majority was joined by more than 50 Democrats. The $982 billion bill would keep the government going through the end of the year,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Naval Station Norfolk, Manufacturing and Engineering, Republican Party, Politics
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Rep. Rob Wittman votes against `fiscal cliff' measure
Here's a statement from Rep. Rob Wittman, Virginia's 1st District Republican representative in Congress, following Tuesday night's passage by the House of the American Taxpayer Relief Act. The measure passed 257-167 after being overwhelmingly approved...Tags: U.S. Congress, Elections, Fiscal Cliff, Politics
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Daily Press live events
COMING SOON Oct. 29: 2nd District debate - Rep. Scott Rigell, R-Virginia Beach, and Democratic challenger Paul Hirshbiel. RECENTLY RECORDED EXCLUSIVE: 3rd District debate, Oct. 1 - Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, D-Newport News, and Republican...
Tags: Scott Rigell, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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