ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on a budget deal at the U.S. Capitol, a different kind of balloting was taking place a dozen miles away in a sun-filled Virginia preschool classroom. At stake: ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — As lawmakers voted on ...

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