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Area transit services will operate on a normal schedule if there is a shutdown of the federal government on Monday.

Virginia Railway Express says 35 percent of its riders are not federal employees and will continue to run trains on a regular schedule.


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Keep yourself busy this weekend with the help of the PotomacLocal.com calendar.

On Friday evening, it’s a great night for local baseball with the Potomac Nationals facing off against the Lynchburg Hillcats.  The first 1,000 fans through the gate will receive a replica championship ring.  If you can’t make it to Friday’s game you can catch another on Saturday night complete with fireworks.


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Contract workers with the state will soon have to submit their employees to an immigration check.

A bill sponsored by Virginia State Senator George Barker (D-39) and Del. Richard Anderson (R-51) was signed into law this week, requiring all contractors working for the state to submit to an E-Verify check through the Department of Homeland Security beginning Dec. 1, 2013.


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