Kilgore seeks licenses and tuition limits for illegals
Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore announced plans to block illegal immigrants from obtaining state driver licenses and in state college tuition. The driver license bill would restrict eligibility to permanent residents citizens and valid nonimmigrant visa holders and tie license expiration to visa termination dates. Kilgore and U S Rep Eric Cantor said the measures curb terrorist use of legitimate credentials and curb in state tuition subsidies, noting taxpayers subsidize an average $6028 per in state student.
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Jerry W. Kilgore
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Virginia
Kilgore
Hung Jury Declared In D Day Memorial Case
A federal judge declared a mistrial in the Richard Burrow case in Lynchburg after proceedings in the D Day memorial matter stalled. Obituaries note Foster W. Berg, Thelma Bondurant, Mary Ours, Sharon Ramsey, Myrtle Selby, and William Vinson. Closing notices outline holiday hours and ad deadlines for The Daily News Record.
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Lynchburg
Foster W. Berg
Maysville
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Thelma M. Bondurant
Harrisonburg
Mary C. Ours
Cabins
Sharon M. Ramsey
Myrtle S. Selby
Folks Run
William J. Vinson
Lott Faces GOP Showdown Over Leadership Fate
Anxious to end a political uproar, Senate Republicans set a Jan. 6 closed meeting to decide whether Sen. Trent Lott remains majority leader. Debates center on his response to racially insensitive remarks, with potential successors like Sen. Don Nickles and Sen. Bill Frist discussed amid shifting GOP dynamics.
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Washington
Senate
Trent Lott
Conrad Burns
Montana
Lott
White House
Republican National Committee
Bush
Don Nickles
Nickles R
New Vaccine Cuts Shots and Crying for Babies
A new vaccine named Pediarix won federal approval, reducing the number of injections for vaccines against five diseases from nine to three across the first six months. The combined shot covers diphtheria tetanus pertussis hepatitis B and polio, promising less distress for children and fewer clinic visits.
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Washington
Pediarix
Food and Drug Administration
New vaccine Pediarix approved for five diseases
A new vaccine Pediarix combines protection against measles mumps rubella and other diseases and requires three injections by six months of age. The immunization schedule lists time frames for Pediarix doses and notes newborns of hepatitis B mothers should receive a hepatitis B vaccine before hospital discharge.
Four counties eyed for tighter air rules in Virginia
EPA designates Rockingham and Augusta as polluted enough to warrant non attainment status. Virginia DEQ outlined high ozone levels from 1997 to 1999 and noted four additional areas, Albemarle and Pittsylvania along with Augusta and Rockingham, may join the list as the federal regulator weighs new designations by April.
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Augusta
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Commonwealth
Environmental Protection Agency
Albemarle
Pittsylvania
Albemarle County
Charlottesville
Pittsylvania County
Danville
DEQ
EPA
Virginia
Bill Hayden
James E. Sydnor
Simmons' Attorneys To Appeal Gun Test
Defense lawyers for Brent Simmons, convicted in 1998 for the murders of two James Madison University students, will appeal Judge James V. Lane's ruling to test bullet evidence with the state Supreme Court. They filed with the Virginia Supreme Court and have 90 days to act, with the commonwealth given 45 days to respond.
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James Madison University
Brent Simmons
James V. Lane
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
Pennsylvania
Lane
Commonwealth
John Holloran
Gene Hart
Supreme Court
Hart
Simmons
Farms Hit With More Regulations
The Bush administration announced new controls on factory style farms whose animal waste runoff pollutes waterways, expanding EPA rules amid tensions with agribusiness and neighbors. Environmentalists argue the rules give states too much discretion. See FARMS, Page 8.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Park Among Dirtiest Places in Shenandoah National Park
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality says air in Shenandoah National Park is very dirty with ozone pollution in summer among the highest in the state. Studies show less than a small fraction of park pollution originates inside the park. most comes from external industry.
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Virginia Department of Environmenta Quality
Nationa Park
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