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A humble servant

It’s tempting to fill this space with all of the reasons I liked and respected Mac Coker, my friend who died last week at age ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:47 pm

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A team worth cheering

If members of the Franklin High School robotics team wore helmets and shoulder pads, they’d have been honored with a parade down Main Street by ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 23, 2013 12:13 pm

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Quietly doing what she promised

Eight months into the Raystine Johnson-Ashburn administration at Franklin City Hall, say this much for the new mayor: She is among the ever contracting lot ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, March 9, 2013 12:48 pm

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Bipartisanship in action

Washington politicians could learn a lot from what’s going on down Interstate 95 in Richmond. Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:01 am

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A good week in Richmond

Give Speaker of the House William Howell credit for putting statesmanship above partisanship. Read more

by Steve Stewart, Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:35 am

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No more suspense in elections

Gerrymandering is as old as representative democracy, and it isn’t going anywhere as long as sitting lawmakers are the ones drawing the electoral maps. Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:22 am

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Local volleyball team goes undefeated

Sponsored by Tidewater Volleyball Association in Virginia Beach, the tournament saw Black Water girls beating the Clash 25-20 and 25-16, Coastal B 25-8 and 25-20 ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:20 am

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Bad way to fund highways

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s surprise proposal to scrap Virginia’s gasoline tax and raise the general sales tax appears to be dead on arrival in the General ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, January 12, 2013 12:56 pm

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Into 2013, with momentum

As our nation teeters on the fiscal cliff, the outlook is considerably more stable – and hopeful – here at home as Western Tidewater ushers ... Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:20 pm

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An undervalued profession

Money, I’m increasingly convinced, is overrated as a guarantor of educational excellence, especially in public schools. Read more

by Steve Stewart, Saturday, December 15, 2012 10:59 am

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