VCC Magazine Fall 2018

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

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Fall 2018

4 A Letter From First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam

5 Children are First, with Virginia’s First Lady

6 Building Economic Opportunity

7 Economic Upswing

NORTHAM

8 Fighting Gerrymandering with a Constitutional Amendment?

9 The ‘5th Estate’: Bloggers keep watch on news media

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10 Virginia’s newspapers are bleeding staff and content

11 The Purpose of a Commonwealth: Senator Howell’s Trip to Southwest and Southside Virginia

12 The Singular Charlie Singleton

NORTHAM

16 State Politics is Going National

17 Every year an Election year

18 The State of Our Public Administration: Why We Should Care

19 Working with the General Assembly

20 DBA Introduces New App

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21 The Virginia Department of Veterans Services and WWI/WWII Commission Partner to Present a Special Weekend of Veterans Day Activities to Honor All Who Have Served

COX

22 Capitol Police Exhibit Opened

24 In Memoriam

On The Web www.vccqm.org

Thomas R. Hyland

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26 Association and Business Directory

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Cover photo by David Bailey

HOWELL

Volume 24 Number 4 • Editor-in-Chief –Bonnie Atwood • Assistant Editor –Hayley Allison • Student Editor –DeForrest Ballou • Staff –Olivia Ratay, Nefari Steele, Dzemila Mujcic Publisher –DavidBailey• ArtDirector –JohnSours• SchoolDistribution –schools@capitolsquare.com• Advertising –Ads@CapitolSquare.com• Printer –Wordsprint• VirginiaCapitolConnections QuarterlyMagazine (ISSN1076-4577)ispublishedby:VirginiaCapitolConnections•1108EastMainStreet•Suite1200•Richmond,Virginia23219•(804)643-5554•Copyright2018,VirginiaCapitol Connections,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Theviewsexpressedinthearticlesof VirginiaCapitolConnectionsQuarterlyMagazine ,anon-partisanpublication,arenotnecessarilythoseoftheeditorsorpublisher.

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