Cantor Says He was Taking Notes Not Disrespecting Obama
Taxes, Electricity Rates at Issue in the Governor’s Race
McDonnell Deeds Detail Plan for Business
Roz Helderman on Deeds and McDonnell at Potomac Officers Club Forum
McCartney has McDonnell on Points in the Last Week
Larry Sabato Analyzes Prospects for Virginia’s Freshman Democrats
Sabato Predicts GOP Uptick in the House
Obama Officials Seek New Steps to Restore the Chesapeake Bay
Obama Taps Preston Bryant to Serve on National Capital Planning Commission
Virginia Improves Emergency Communication After 9/11
Albemarle Okays Law to Allow Fees for Ambulance Rides
Roanoke Judge Says to Release Supremacist, Prosecution Appeals
SPSA to Sell Portsmouth Power Plant for $150 Million
Isle of Wight Faces Possible Tax Sortage in Weak Economy
Panel Recommends Risk Assessment for Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel
Charlottesville GOP Outlines Official Platform
UVA to Keep a Close Eye on Cuts
Lynchburg to Get $18 Million for Sandusky Middle School Construction
Campbell County Looks at Public Safety Recommendations After Failure to Meet Response Times
Warren County Planning Commission Recommends Zoning revision Key to Building a Regional Jail
Lesinski Opens Office Says Jobs and Rail Are Top Priorities
Frank Batten Sr. strikes me as a remarkable Virginian. The fact that this is the first occasion I have come across his name despite reading the Washington Post regularly for seven years suggests that his philanthropy took place largely out of the national limelight. His munificence to the three institutions he attended (the Culver Academy, UVA, and Harvard) are striking, as his role in founding Old Dominion University.