Cuccinelli Says State can Further Regulate Abortion Clinics
Virginia Can Impose Tougher Abortion Clinic Oversight
McDonnell Raises Money for Next Year’s Elections
McDonnell Says Take Surplus Talk with Grain of Salt
Retailers Want Legislative Study on ABC Privatization Before Special Session
VRE Can Sell Rail Equipment to the Army
Virginia Categorizes More Waters as Polluted
ACLU Asks Supreme Court to Hear Virginia [...]

1. The Monopoly on Sin
There’s a curious position emerging among the opponents of Bob McDonnell’s ABC privatization initiative. More and more, it appears that they are maintaining that the Commonwealth ought to maintain a monopoly on sin. You don’t want the private sector selling liquor because we’re worried about what will happen (economically and socially) [...]

Obama Could Approve JFCOM Closure by September 1
Virginia Jobless Rate Steady at 7%
VRE’s On-Time Performance Slips
McDonnell Refutes Saslaw’s Claim that ABC Privatization is DOA
Lawmakers Seek to Restore Retirement and Sales Tax Policy with Surplus
Judge to Rule in 10 Days on Cuccinelli Document Demand from UVA
UVA To Scrutinize Virginia Quarterly Review after Suicide
JMU Students Question text [...]

McDonnell’s Budget Speech
Surplus Items: Employee Bonus, Roads, Bay Cleanup
McDonnell Tells Chesterfield Crowd Why He Wants State Out of Liquor Business
Saslaw Says ABC Privatization Dead in the Senate
Putney Not Sold on ABC Privatization
Dozens Seek Ways to Save JFCOM
Prosecutors Brace for Wave of Fraud from Stimulus
Goodlatte Challenger Vanke Joins the Modern Whig Party
Virginia Nuclear Manufacturing Plant Delayed
Veterans [...]

1 in 5 Americans Think Obama is a Muslim
Bipartisan Support for Virginia Troopers to Enforce Immigration Laws
Think Tank Says Stimulus Aided Virginia Budget
Virginia gets $26 Million Stimulus for Rural Internet
McDonnell Spends $17,000 on “Open for Business” Signage
Davis and Pickett to Head State Military Panel
Wittman Holds Out Hope on Norfolk Command
Perriello Ad Attacks Hurt for Missing [...]

Elk to Return to Buchanan County
Groups File in Support of UVA in Climate Suit
Surplus Grows to Nearly $400 Million
Bolling Sees Signs of Hope in State Economy
McDonnell Urges Obama to Rethink JFCOM Closure
JFCOM’s Reliance on Contractors Makes It Tempting Target for Gates
Allen to Discuss Jewish Lineage at Jewish Retreat
Perriello Feels the Heat in Danville Stop
Goodlatte Talks [...]

McDonnell Opposes Mosque at Ground Zero
Webb Urges Senate Armed Services Meeting on JFCOM
Past JFCOM Leaders Could Help Fight Closure, Group Tells Nye
Retired Admiral Says to Focus on Military Not Jobs in JFCOM Debate
McDonnell Tries to Boost SWAM Procurement
McDonnell, Bolling Headline Rubio Fundraiser in Hanover
McDonnell Sets Up Council on Virginia Health Care
Feds Help Virginia with Health [...]

With JFCOM in Doubt, Suffolk Holds its Breath
Contractors Will Bear Brunt of JFCOM Closure
Perriello Chats with Voters
Hurt’s Anti-Earmark Stance Called Election Year Conversion
9th District Campaign Shaping up as Tough Fight
Newport News Mayor Price Taps Former Rival Woodbury to Head Efficiency Committee
Debolt Retiring as Manassas Park Superintendent After 15 Years
Danville City Council to Review DCPS Performance [...]

1. Obama in Virginia
We’re more than 2 years away from the 2012 presidential election, don’t know who the Republican nominee will be, and cannot predict what the economic landscape will actually be. But it’s hard to believe that the GOP won’t be far more competitive in 2012 than in 2008. My sense is that many [...]

At Ramadan Dinner, Obama Defends Plans for Ground Zero Mosque
Lawmakers Blast JFCOM Closure
Marshall Faults McDonnell for Accepting U.S. Funds
McDonnell’s PAC’s Brings in Big Bucks
McDonnell Makes Announcement for Fort Monroe Panel
NOVA Lawyer, Former Campaign Operatives Named McDonnell Deputy Counselors
Hurt Agrees to Debate Perriello on TV
Democrats Attack Hurt on Social Security
Hurt Receives White Powder in Mail
Lynchburg Tea [...]