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crowd of dignitaries and well-wishers gathered on the bank of the Potomac River across from Mason Island Monday morning to celebrate the opening of Loudoun County’s newest park. Owned and operated by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, the 295-acre White’s Ford Regional Park near Lucketts opened Monday with a first phase that includes a launch point for canoeists and kayakers, hiking trails, habitat for great blue herons and bald eagles and an expansive scenic view. The property once belonged to Confederate leader Col. Elijah V. White, whose home still stands on a bluff overlooking the river. The structure has been stabilized for now, but future plans could include some sort of visitor or interpretive center. Fittingly, an honor guard comprised of 8th Virginia and 17th Mississippi re-enactors
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Following Monday’s grand opening ceremony, visitors to White’s Ford Regional Park got their first look at a new canoe launch area on the banks of the Potomac River near Lucketts.
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Loudoun, said Tuesday morning. “It’s unexpected and exceedingly frustrating for those of us who were holding out to close the coverage gap for hundreds of thousands of Virginians.” The General Assembly adjourned from its regular session in March without passing a budget because of the fight over Medicaid expansion. Both chambers adopted budgets; the Senate’s included a version of Medicaid expansion called Marketplace Continued on Page 15
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onday’s sudden resignation of state Sen. Phillip P. Puckett (D-38) is expected to serve as the elusive catalyst to break the months-long General Assembly stalemate over the adoption of a state budget and
Puckett was offered a job as deputy director of the state tobacco commission as part of a deal, but Puckett denied them. The timing couldn’t be worse for state Democrats, who have worked to push through a biennial state budget that includes a plan to expand Medicaid, part of states’ requirement to receive federal funding through the Affordable Care Act. “This is terrible timing to say the very least,” state Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-33), who represents
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plans to expand Medicare. With Republicans now in control of both chambers, they are likely to adopt a budget as early as Thursday and postpone any action on Medicare. Puckett, a four-term state senator from Russell County in southwestern Virgina, told the press he resigned so that his daughter could be appointed to a juvenile court judgeship, an appointment the General Assembly would not make as long as he served in the Senate. Reports also circulated that
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