WASHINGTON — The impact on poor communities of cutting Chesapeake Bay pollution through credit trading is being questioned in a report released Wednesday by a nonprofit policy analysis group. The Center for Progressive Reform said that the report finds that ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 47th anniversary of President Lydon B. Johnson's signing of the Voting Rights Act into law and the latest installment of the roundup ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s law prohibiting out-of-state residents from circulating petitions on behalf of third-party presidential candidates is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney said the restriction violates the First Amendment and is not narrowly ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s government finished fiscal 2012 with about $129 million more in general revenue than what was predicted in the official forecast on which the state budget is based. Revenues for the 12 months ending June 30 increased ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The family of a man who spent more than 15 years in seclusion at a Virginia psychiatric hospital is suing the facility, several physicians and the state, claiming he was unconstitutionally kept in segregation and denied adequate ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley could have gambling legislation drafted by Friday for lawmakers to review, the Associated Press reports, setting the stage for the final push toward a casino gambling-focused special legislative session this summer. Here’s a few other headlines: – ...

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A federal appeals court said Tuesday the state Supreme Court should decide whether Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors can be held liable for coal miners’ deaths, calling it “a matter of exceptional importance for West Virginia.” ...

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Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia plan to offer free online courses under an agreement announced Tuesday. Online platform Coursera said that the two schools are among 12 institutions that plan to offer the free, non-credit courses through ...

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Prosecutors say four people charged in the videotaped beating of a Virginia man on St. Patrick’s Day weekend in Baltimore have pleaded guilty in connection with the attack. Twenty-one-year-old Shatia Baldwin and 20-year-old Aaron Parsons both pleaded guilty robbery on ...

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RICHMOND — State and federal officials and environmentalists say the six states and the District of Columbia within the Chesapeake Bay watershed are on pace to restore the nation’s largest estuary. The consensus emerged Monday from a meeting in northern ...

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