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		<title>Republicans Vote Down Adoption Equality Senator Adam Ebbin Leads The Fight For Fairness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, as Republicans in a Virginia State Senate committee voted to codify and expand the ability of state funded agencies to discriminate, Senator Adam Ebbin (D- Alexandria) stood up for adoption equality.]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Petersen Defends Constitutional Rights As Republicans Vote To Deny Voter Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choice 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, on the Senate Floor, Senator Chap Petersen attacked Senate Republicans for supporting legislation designed to impose "waiting periods" before Virginians can exercise their constitutional right to vote by receiving an absentee ballot.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor McDonnell Announces The Commonwealth Transportation Board Saves Nearly $26 Million In Refinancing Deal For Improvements</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic & Transportation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that the Commonwealth Transportation Board sold more than $124 million in refunding bonds at a true interest cost of 1.38 percent, saving $25.8 million over the next 16 years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Governor McDonnell Announces Wind Energy Leases Advancing Off Virginia Coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EcoNews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor McDonnell announced today that the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is moving forward with the next step in offshore wind energy development off the Virginia coast.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Defeats Bill To require Party ID In Local Elections: Petersen Leads Charge In Opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Choice 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the full Senate defeated by a vote of 25-14 the bill by Senator Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) bill to require political party affiliation to be listed on ballots in local elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Leaders Highlight Human Trafficking As Top Priority For 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Senator Adam Ebbin, colleagues in the Virginia state legislature and the Attorney General came together today to renew their commitment to fight human trafficking in Virginia.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Of Virginia Votes Overwhelmingly To Overturn Sunday Hunting Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Senate of Virginia passed SB 464 sponsored by Senator Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk) which will permit hunting on Sundays on private land in Virginia. ]]></description>
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		<title>Justice Department Obtains Comprehensive ADA Agreement Regarding The Commonwealth Of Virginia’s Developmental Disabilities System</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement that will transform the Commonwealth of Virginia’s system for serving people with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, and will resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.]]></description>
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		<title>Petersen’s Cost Effective Public Buildings Act Passes Senate With Bipartisan Support</title>
		<link>http://www.alexandrianews.org/2012/01/petersen%e2%80%99s-cost-effective-public-buildings-act-passes-senate-with-bipartisan-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EcoNews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Senate of Virginia passed Senator Chap Petersen's Cost Effective Public Buildings Act (SB160) which requires state agencies and institutions to use energy efficient protocols, such as LEED building designs, in new construction and renovation.]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Senators Ebbin And McEachin’s Nondiscrimination Bill To Be Heard Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[From Richmond]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legislation introduced by Senators Adam Ebbin, (D-Alexandria), and A. Donald McEachin (D-Henrico), will be heard before the Virginia Senate’s Committee on General Laws and Technology on Monday, Jan. 30th.]]></description>
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