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- June 30, 2024
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Congressional Battle Will Affect Food Bank

The Farm Bill is stalled in Congress. Its resolution will significantly affect the growing food-insecure population. The question is, will it be for better or worse? Though the pandemic is shrinking in the American rearview mirror, the number of Americans struggling with food insecurity continues to grow. Dan Maher is president and CEO of the […]

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FXBG Advance
- May 31, 2024
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City Schools to Purchase 10 New Electric Buses

Purchase will be funded by grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Fredericksburg City Public Schools has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Environnmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus program, which it will use to purchase 10 new electric school buses. The 10 new buses will be added to the existing electric bus fleet […]

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- April 20, 2024
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Spanberger, Wittman on Israel, Ukraine Funding Bills

U.S. House passes critical funding bills. Reps. Spanberger and Wittman offer comments on today’s actions. This afternoon, the U.S. House approved a $95 billion package composed of four bills that will provide vital aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as new sanctions and a Tik-Tok ban. This bill, which passed along bipartisan lines, now moves […]

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FXBG Advance
- April 17, 2024
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Baron Braswell and Gwendolyn Martinez Honored by Congress

Baron Braswell and Gwendolyn Martinez accept the Suzanne McDaniel Memorial Award for their work preventing teen violence in Virginia on April 16, 2024.

Baron Braswell, a former member of the Spotsylvania School Board, and Gwendolyn Martinez—the parents of Baron “Deuce” Braswell II—have received a congressional award for their work to prevent teen violence in Virginia. Rep. Abigail Spanberger presented Braswell and Martinez with the Suzanne McDaniel Memorial Award for Public Awareness on Capitol Hill yesterday. “I have the […]

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- April 1, 2024
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Problems at Regional Processing and Distribution Center in Richmond

The first RPDC to be audited, the Richmond facility’s issues led to additional labor and transportation costs totaling over $8 million in questioned costs. by Martin DavisEDITOR-IN-CHIEF Virginia’s Senate and House representatives set aside their policy disputes to issue a statement on Monday about the recently completed audit of the Richmond, Virginia, Regional Processing and […]

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- March 26, 2024
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Spanberger Celebrates Infrastructure Investment in Spotsylvania

By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Rep. Abigail Spanberger was in Spotsylvania on Monday afternoon to present a ceremonial check for $4.6 million in federal dollars for community-requested infrastructure projects, and to her, the occasion was an example of what happens when “local, state, and federal investments work in harmony.” “Since being elected to Congress, […]

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FXBG Advance
- March 7, 2024
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U.S. House Passes Spanberger Legislation Investing in Local Infrastructure, Employment Access

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved funding requested by Rep. Abigail Spanberger for two local projects—improvements to the American Job Center in Fredericksburg and infrastructure and public safety improvements in Stafford County. Spanberger secured the funding for both projects as part of the House’s appropriations package for fiscal […]

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- March 7, 2024
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Spanberger Introduces Bill to Name Post Office After Gladys P. Todd

A bill introduced in Congress last week would name the post office at 1285 Emancipation Highway after noted local teacher and civil rights advocate Gladys P. Todd. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, who sponsored the legislation, said Todd stood out to her as someone who impacted the community in many ways during her life and whose legacy […]

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FXBG Advance
- January 18, 2024
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Abigail Spanberger Invites You to Send a Valentine to a Vet

Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger this week launched her fifth-annual “Valentines for Vets” program, inviting Fredericksburg-area residents to write Valentine’s Day cards which her office will deliver to veterans and caregivers at area VA clinics. Those wishing to participate can drop off or mail cards to Spanberger’s offices in Fredericksburg or Woodbridge by February 5. “Valentines for […]

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