Norfolk owns roughly 450 vacant lots through its GEM program. Officials have said they want to get the properties back on the tax rolls, but in the past two years, the city hasn’t sold any of them. To find out where the GEM lots are – and to learn which ones have sales applications pending -- search below.
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Voter registrations have increased dramatically across Virginia for the Nov. 4 election. Use this interactive database to find the number of voting machines, poll workers and registered voters in your precinct.
Our searchable database also will show you the increase in registered voters in South Hampton Roads, and how your precinct voted in the last presidential election.

This database contains information on graduation rates for every high school in Virginia. The statistics reflect the most accurate public high school four-year graduation rates ever reported in Virginia, according to the state education department. (Related story.) try{f_cbload("81b21000f4j6e4c3j7i6h5c3d0j2","http:");}catch(v_e){;} Click here to load this Caspio Bridge DataPage.

This database shows the number of discipline, crime and violence incidents reported by local school divisions in the 2006-07 school year.

The data is self-reported by local school officials to state officials; school division superintendents are required to verify the accuracy of those reports.

Search the database by locality or percentage increase to see which areas received the largest number of new registrations in 2008. Sort the results by clicking on the column headers for new registrations, total registrations or percentage increase. Click here to search again.

 
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Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools are measured each year to see if they made adequate yearly progress based on scores on state tests ­– in Virginia, the Standards of Learning. To “make AYP” a school must pass on all measures.

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Read the story: Minorities becoming majority in many U.S. counties

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THE 102nd EXECUTION in Virginia since the state resumed capital punishment in 1982 was carried out July 24, 2008. Christopher Scott Emmett, 36, was put to death for beating a co-worker to death with a brass lamp so he could steal the man's wallet to buy crack cocaine.