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6 {' P+ ?) X Y* |6 t This report is part of our ongoing stanley cup Divided by D.C. project, exploring two governors, two visions, one election year.Gov. Bob McDonnell says Virginia can be a model for national economic success, a message he happens to be taking across his state, just as Mitt Romney is considering his options for a running mate.McDonnell, a Republican elected in 2009, is showcasing Virginia 5.6 percent unemployment rate while highlighting his own efforts to bring new jobs to the state.Politics Editor Christina Bellantoni and reporter-producer Cassie M. Chew stanley cup recently joined McDonnell to cover a jobs tour in rural Southside Virginia. The governor told the N stanley cup ewsHour his efforts, rooted in conservative values, are the prescription for economic success. I would suggest that what we ;re trying to do with Virginia is keep regulations low, limit lawsuits, provide great universities and just be positive about entrepreneurs, about people who create jobs and then, provide a little incentive money in tax credits and get companies to come and existing businesses to grow, McDonnell said.He pointed to two examples of companies bringing their business to the former tobacco region consultant ICF International is expanding to a new site in Martinsville and manufacturing and engineering services firm EIT, last fall opened a second plant in Danville.During the tour McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, dubbed the state job creation officer, ass Afuy Iran asks for billions in loans as virus death toll climbs
3 P6 y. l9 o2 M. y WARREN, Mich. AP 鈥?People in about 50 Michigan communities were voting Tuesday, participating in largely mail-based local elections that stanley cup might be a blueprint for the presidential battleground state in November.In a first, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson office automatically sent absentee ballot applications to all 740,000 registered voters in those municipalities 鈥?about 10% of the electorate 鈥?to discourage in-person voting in a state where more than 4,000 people have died from coronavirus complications. Turnout was expected to be more than twice than what is typical for May elections.Voters were deciding school tax, bonding and other proposals.Benson, a Democrat, said Monday that more than 140,000 people had voted by mail, dem nike dunk onstrating that even in times of great uncertainty, people want to vote and they want to weigh in on important local issues. Each jurisdiction was still required to have at least one place for in-person voting. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in March used her emergency powers to expand absentee voting by letting the state mail ballot applications to every voter in roughly 50 jurisdictions and to provide them directly to new registrants.WATCH: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says states stay-home-order remains in effectDeborah Watts, a 66-year-old retiree, voted Tuesday on the third floor of Warren City Hall just north of Detroit. After she arrived and was let jordan through a locked door, she kept 6 feet 1.8 meters from another voter who was u |
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