FROM National Park Service 03/23/19 / Environment / Federal Government / Health & Safety / Transportation /
Northbound George Washington Memorial Parkway will remain closed through the weekend as road crews and engineers work to fully assess the extent of the sinkhole and repair the road, according to a news release from National Park Service, which is in charge of the road.
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03/14/19 / Breaking News / Federal Government / People & Places / Politics /
Corey Stewart, former Republican U.S. Senate nominee and chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, will be the new Chairman and National Spokesperson for Keeping America Great's continued effort to elect strong America First conservatives who will stand with our President, a news release stated.
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FROM the Office of Rep. Jennifer Wexton 02/01/19 / Federal Government / Money & Taxes / People & Places /
Congresswoman Wexton statement on passage of H.R. 790 - The legislation gives civilian federal employees a 2.6 percent pay raise.
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FROM Sen. Mark Warner's Office 01/26/19 / Breaking News / Federal Government / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes / People & Places / Politics /
Sen. Mark Warner and a group of 15 senators from both parties took to the Senate floor Jan. 25 to call for a temporary reopening of the government to allow for a negotiation on a bipartisan border security bill. The President embraced this bargain in a Rose Garden press conference, and the Senate passed that agreement unanimously.
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FROM the Office of Attorney General Mark Herring 01/22/19 / Federal Government / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes /
Shutdown related scams could include fake employment offers for “side jobs," predatory lenders taking advantage of temporarily unpaid Virginians and fake charities that claim to be working on behalf of federal workers.
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FROM US Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine 01/17/19 / Federal Government / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes / Transportation /
Following inquiries by Virginia and Maryland’s Senators, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) disclosed today, Jan.17, that it is losing, on average, $400,000 each weekday during the government shutdown. In response, the Senators issued the following statement:
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FROM US Sen. Mark Warner's Office 01/15/19 / Federal Government / Money & Taxes / Transportation / Parks & Recreation /
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) led a bicameral letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in support of the National Park Service’s (NPS) grant application to secure $126 million in funding to reconstruct an eight-mile stretch of the north end of the George Washington Memorial Parkway (GWMP).
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FROM US Department of Agriculture 01/08/19 / Agriculture / Breaking News / Federal Government / Good Eating / Health & Safety / Money & Taxes /
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Jan. 8 announced a plan to ensure that low-income Americans have access to the nutrition they need, despite the inability of Congress to pass an appropriations bill that safely secures our borders. The plan provides full benefits for participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the month of February.
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