Bob Marshall did the right thing this afternoon.
He told student reporter Kelsey Radcliffe who had broken the story about his remarks at the press conference last Thursday suggesting that having a child born with disabilities could be a punishment for a previous abortion that he regrets “any misimpression that my poorly chosen words may have [...]
I wrote yesterday that the defunding of Planned Parenthood was high priority for social conservatives and likely to be a major point of contention as the Assembly moved forward.
The whole issue is about to go viral and in a very unexpected manner.
At the press conference held by the coalition advocating defunding, Bob Marshall made the [...]
House and Senate Pass Competing Budgets
The House Plan
The Senate Plan
Putney’s Remarks
Colgan’s Remarks
Budget for Schools, Health Would Be Hit By Legislators Too
Falwell Says New Proposed Ward Three Poll Location in Lynchburg is Slap in Face to Liberty
Rasmussen’s Survey on McDonnell and Virginia
Filler-Corn Gets Ex-Rival Dillard’s Endorsement
Boyd Objects to Danville Tea Party Rating
State Prisoners Crowd Blue Ridge Jails [...]
1. Budgets are Values
Where you spend your money is one of the clearest expressions of what your values really are. The same is true of governments. This week Bob McDonnell put forward his list of budget recommendations and his proposals are consistent with the ideas he articulated during the campaign. New dollars are being directed [...]
Liberty University Enrollment Tops 50K
UMW President Hample Resigns
GOP House Asserts State Rights
House Budget Panel to Propose Education Block Grants
Senate Democrats Overcome Division on Budget, Republicans Wary
Senate Approves Gas Tax Increase
Budget Battle Looms
Lawmakers Differ on Where To Save Money
McDonnell and Salazar Talk about Wind Energy, Offshore Drilling
Educators Decry McDonnell Plan
McDonnell Hits Road to Washington Again
Morrissey Asks [...]
In 1993, I went to lunch with Jim Glimore to discuss the Attorney General race.
During the lunch, I asked Gilmore how he would respond to the criticism that he was “running a campaign for Top Cop when the responsibilities of Virginia’s Attorney General had little to do with crime and criminal justice.”
His answer couldn’t have [...]
I think the Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s announced plans to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency findings about pollutants that are contributing to our global warming issues with the EPA and in the courts is a bad decision for Virginia’s economy and environment.
Governor Bob McDonnell, a Republican as well, is misguided to support this action which I [...]
Perriello Denounces Plan to Privatize Social Security
Lawmakers Divided on Furloughs
Senators Seem Skeptical About Proposed Pension Changes
Assembly Millionaires
McDonnell Takes Part in Virtual Schools Demonstration
Letters Shed Light on Opposition to Soering Transfer
Fairfax Library Services on Line
Anti-Abortion Activists Say Robertson was Right about Haiti
$338 Million New Promised Price Tag for Norfolk Light Rail
Ratings Firms Say Portsmouth Finances in [...]
McDonnell Budget: Furloughs, Job Cuts, Reduced Services for the Sick and Children, No New Taxes
McDonnell Releases Budget Cut Proposals
McDonnell’s Cuts Hit Health Care, Public Schools, State Workers
McDonnell’s Budget Sends Shockwaves
McDonnell’s Cuts: Answer to Crisis or Framework for Future
Cuccinelli Says EPA Climate Change Data Flawed
Cuccinelli Calls UN Global Warming Report Unreliable, Unverifiable and Doctored
Athey Bill to [...]
The House and Senate budgets won’t be officially unveiled until Sunday.
But the war between the Locals and the Capitals appears to have already been declared.
And the first shot seems to have come out of Chesterfield County.
The locality that, in terms of absolute votes, provided Bob McDonnell with the largest victory margin of any single jurisdiction [...]