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No union rights? Virginians are used to it

Wisconsin Republicans have scored a big victory in their fight against collective bargaining for public employees. In Virginia, however, teachers, police, firemen and other public service workers have long done without the right that public workers in 47 other...

By Peter Galuszka  | March 10, 2011; 6:42 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
Categories:  Va. Politics, Virginia, arts, child services, day care, economy, education, history, schools, taxes  
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Grow up, Arlington County

I was dismayed to read how the Arlington County Public Schools treated Betsy Rosenblatt Rosso and her daughter Zoe ["Girl's suspension a sign of the times for potty training," front page, Jan. 30]. As an Arlington resident, I am keenly...

By Kim A. O'Connell, Arlington  | February 2, 2011; 6:34 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
Categories:  Arlington, day care, education, schools  
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Strict day-care standards? You bet

By Tammy Alexander Washington Did Justin Moyer [“D.C. day-care licensing criticized,” Metro, Sept. 20] really mean to suggest that we should lower standards for day-care facilities in the District? As the mother of a 2-year-old in an excellent D.C. day-care...

By washingtonpost.com editors  | September 26, 2010; 10:19 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  D.C., day care  
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Deaf ears to summer danger

For a mother to leave her child in a car on a baking day without rolling down the windows is just heartbreaking.

By Vince Rinehart  | June 28, 2010; 11:14 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (5)
Categories:  HotTopic, day care, public health, weather  
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Finally, McDonnell faces pushback

Virginia legislators have finally ended the free ride they had been giving to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell since his January inauguration, although they have handed him a victory by cutting state funding for abortions.

By Peter Galuszka  | April 22, 2010; 2:30 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  HotTopic, Local blog network, Va. Politics, Virginia, arts, day care, economy, faith, health care, media, pets, public health, taxes  
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In Defense of Centro Familia

By Jo Ann H. Moran Cruz Chevy Chase As a board member of the Centro Familia nonprofit for 10 years and the board’s chair from 2006 to 2008, I wish to vouch for the integrity of the leadership of the...

By Vince Rinehart  | June 24, 2009; 8:53 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Montgomery County, day care  
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