All posts tagged "virginia"
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Cuccinelli To Run for Governor
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Old Dominion's firebrand and sometimes controversial top law enforcement officer, told his staff in a Dec. 1 email that...
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Virginia AG Cuccinelli to Run for Governor in 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, the Old Dominion’s top law enforcement officer and a fierce opponent of LGBT rights, announced to his staff in an...
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Pulling the Lever
My first time going to vote was with my mother, a recollection that's gauzy enough to indicate that it was probably somewhere around 1974. The...
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Ebbin Elected
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia's first openly gay state senator Nov. 8, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT equality won victories...
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Ebbin Elected to State Senate in Virginia Amid Dem Losses
Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington) was elected as Virginia’s first openly gay senator in the state’s Nov. 8 elections, even as other politicians who oppose LGBT...
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NoVa Republican's Comments Not Yet Forgotten or Forgiven
Despite his apology, a Republican candidate for the Virginia Senate continues to draw criticism for comments he made to a predominantly gay audience at a...
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Ebbin Wins Primary
With the Virginia State Board of Elections offering unofficial results for the Tuesday, Aug. 23, primary elections, Del. Adam Ebbin appears to have won his...
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Eve of the Primary: Gay Senate Candidate Adam Ebbin’s Endorsements
Northern Virginia Democratic primary voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether they will nominate Virginia Del. Adam Ebbin (D-Arlington), Virginia’s only...
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Change in the Old Dominion
State Sen. Mary Margaret Whipple, the Arlington Democrat who is both progressive and pragmatic, likes to say that Virginia is an ''incremental'' state. Change comes,...
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Theater Thursday! Art at Signature!
Three longtime friends debate the purchase by one of a hugely expensive painting in Yasmina Reza’s Art. As the friends become increasingly fractious and, eventually,...
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Children Caught in the Middle
Each year, more than 100,000 children in the United States foster care system are waiting for adoptive homes, according to the U.S. Department of Health...
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Adoption Politics
On April 20 and 21, the Virginia State Board of Social Services will meet to consider ''adopting new standards for licensed private child-placing agencies,'' which...
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Artisphere's Holiday Hugs and Kisses
On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 4, Artisphere hosted Holiday Hugs & Kisses ''to demonstrate broad community and regional support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT)...
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Political Proof
Just to be clear about this before I start: I was appalled that Bob McDonnell could be elected governor of Virginia and absolutely horrified the...
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No, Virginia, There Is No Nondiscrimination Policy
Over the past month, three differing documents produced by two statewide elected officials in Virginia have led to a whole lot of confusion about where...
