A new coalition of business leaders, educators, and health care providers is calling on the McDonnell administration and the General Assembly to take a different approach to balancing the budget. And as Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, that includes allocating revenues to ensure that essential services receive the funding they need.
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From NPR News- Tropical Storm Barry Heads Toward Mexico, Forecasters Say June 19, 2013The National Hurricane Center says the second named storm of the 2013 hurricane season is heading west toward southern Mexico.
- And The Winner Of The World Food Prize Is ... The Man From Monsanto June 19, 2013The prize is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize for food and agriculture." And this year's winners include Monsanto executive Robert Fraley, a pioneer in genetically engineered crops. If there's a single person who personifies the company's controversial role in American agriculture, it's probably Fraley.
- Vaccine Against HPV Has Cut Infections in Teenage Girls June 19, 2013A vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer has cut infections among teenage girls by over half in the first four years of use, scientists report. Only about one-third of girls in that age group have received the recommended shots.
- Wanna Be A Rock Star? NASA Needs Help Tracking Asteroids June 19, 2013The White House and NASA want the public's help in hunting for asteroids that could potentially smash into Earth. They're also looking for a perfect space rock to capture so that astronauts could go there and study it.
- Fed Leaves Interest Rates And Bond Purchase Plan Untouched June 19, 2013The Federal Reserve will continue its program of purchasing $85 billion in securities and will leave the target interest rate for federal funds untouched to support the U.S. economy, the U.S. central bank said in a policy update issued Wednesday afternoon.
- Tropical Storm Barry Heads Toward Mexico, Forecasters Say June 19, 2013
- From BBC News
- NHS 'cover-up' unacceptable - Hunt June 19, 2013There should be "no hiding place" for anyone involved in a cover-up by England's NHS regulator after baby deaths at a Cumbria hospital, the health secretary says.
- Families win Iraq deaths damages bid June 19, 2013Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the government for negligence and bring damages claims under the Human Rights Act, the Supreme Court rules.
- Royal baby's gender to be 'surprise' June 19, 2013The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge do not know the gender of their baby, it is revealed - as it is confirmed the birth will take place at St Mary's hospital in London.
- MP Evans 'refutes all allegations' June 19, 2013Commons Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans says he "refutes all allegations" after he is arrested on suspicion of three counts of indecent assault.
- Kerry calls Karzai to defuse tension June 19, 2013The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
- NHS 'cover-up' unacceptable - Hunt June 19, 2013
