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RICHMOND, Va.- Virginia's attorney general said his staff will cease using lapel pins featuring a state seal with the Roman goddess Virtus' breast covered with armor. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Monday the pins are being retired after controversy surrounding the breastplate, which covered the usually exposed left breast of Virtus, or virtue, on the state seal, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday. Brian Gottstein, a spokesman for the official, said that the attorney general chose the image because of its similarity to a historic version of the state seal. He said the pins were paid for with Cuccinelli's campaign funds,...

Proposed redesign of the Virginia State Seal to reflect modern events:

An Orting man, apparently upset over the state's taxes, has proposed some major changes to the Washington state seal.(edit) Washington state has "lost a significant portion of our industrial base resulting in a high unemployment rate" while the state government "continues to grow and spend at unsupportable rates by increasing taxes at a time when our citizens can least afford it," Vaughn claims in the affidavit.Washington is considered the leader of the "Terrible Ten" states for tax by the Tax Justice Digest, Vaughn states, because of "the extraordinary degree to which they have shifted the cost of funding public investments...