VCC Magazine Winter 2018

C O N T E N T S VIRGINIA CAPITOL CONNECTIONS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE

Winter 2018

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4 Delegate Watts

5 Making History is The Virginia Way

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Floor Speeches

6 Delegate Ware

7 Good Government Requires Good Elections

8 People Vote, Acres Don’t

10 Governor’s Cabinet

11 Moneyball: A Winning and Frugal Campaign

12 2017 Money Race to Control the House

13 Education’s Secret Weapon

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14 Building Schools and Businesses

Elections page 8

15 Blueprint Virginia

16 The Photography of Wanda Judd

18 The Virginia Tobacco Commission

Education page 13

20 Thomas Jefferson’s Institute’s Economic Conference

21 Veterans and Defense Affairs

22 Reporting on the GA in the Digital Age

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23 College Journalists Cover the Capitol

25 America, If We Can Keep It

27 Testimonies in Committees

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On The Web www.vccqm.org

28 Scenes from the 2018 Session

29 In Memoriam: Bill Crump, Jr.

30 Association and Business Directory

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Volume 24 Number 1 • Student Editor –Shelby Lee Ethington • Assistant Editor –Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Publisher –David Bailey • Art Director –John Sours • School Distribution – Kristen Bailey-Hardy • Advertising – Ads@CapitolSquare.com • Printer –Wordsprint • Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine (ISSN 1076-4577) is published by: Virginia Capitol Connections • 1108 East Main Street • Suite 1200 • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 643-5554 • Copyright 2017, Virginia Capitol Connections, Inc. All rights reserved. The views expressed in the articles of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine , a non-partisan publication, are not necessarily those of the editors or publisher.

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