Kaine Will Sign Bill Prohibiting Texting While Driving
Kaine Restored Voting Rights of 1500 Felons Last Year, Including Two Murderers
Democratic Candidates Agree to Debates and Joint Appearances
Rural Roots Offer Benefits and Obstacles to Deeds Run
The Democratic Campaign Managers
Moran Chides McAuliffe for Attending Fundraiser Hosted by Republicans
5 Republicans in Race to Succeed Fralin
Webb Takes on Next Challenge: [...]
Democrats Target McDonnell as Kaine Signs Smoking Ban
$900 Million Dulles Rail Deal Back on Track
Obenshain Warns That Virginia Revenue Projections Are Based on State Exceeding U.S. Economy
Clarke Hogan Will Not Run for Re-election
Deeds and Moran Assist Moon in Fairfax Special Election
Six GOP Delegates Endorse McGuire House Bid
Kaine Appoints Mark Rubin as Counselor to the Governor
Roanoke [...]
Internet “Pitchfork Rebellion” Challenges Virginia’s Judicial Selection Process
Kaine’s Smoking Ban Achievement
Smoking Ban Battle Could Flare Anew
Hampton Judgship Saga Ends After Six Years and Increases Diversity on the Bench
For Some, Smoking Ban is a Cloudy Dilemma
Fairfax School Schedule Debate Continues
Fairfax Call Center for Struggling Residents Overwhelmed with Requests for Help
How Off-Shore Energy Exploration Would Work in [...]
1. This Week’s Quiz: Who Said This About the Governor?
A couple of Virginia Senators had a few choice words for the Governor. When the Chief Executive personally offered his services to negotiate a budget disagreement between the House and the Senate, one Senator told him “There’s a term in International Relations: honest broker. And we don’t consider you an [...]
1. Tobacco Friendly No More
“Tobacco-Friendly Virginia.” How many times have we read this phrase and never given it a second thought? After this week, it is a label that will never be applied again. The General Assembly passed a smoking ban in restaurants by over 60% majorities in both chambers. Just a couple of years [...]
Remember when Democrats and liberals loudly deplored the prominence of ”social” issues such as abortion on the political agenda. Government, they said, should stay out of people’s lives and focus on the economic conditions that make a real difference in the world.
Well, that was then- before suburbanites decided that they didn’t want to come home from a restaurant [...]
Smoking Ban in Most Bars and Restaurants Passes, Big Victory for Kaine
How Delegates and Senators Voted on the Smoking Ban
Senate Education and Health Committe Rejects Cline’s Fetal Anesthesia Bill Requiring Doctors to Tell Women Seeking Abortions That Fetuses Can Feel Pain After 20 Weeks and Making Anesthesia Available
Edward Bell Executed-Kaine Allows Execution of Man Who [...]
House Insists on Weakened Smoking Ban Amendments, Senate-House Differences Go to Conference Committee
House Panel Kills Deeds Bipartisan Redistricting Measure
Senate P&E Kills Saxman Effort to Make the Right-to-Work Law a Constitutional Amendment
Oder Bill to Earmark Port Rvenues for Transportation Dies in Senate Finance
Saxman Bill to Dedicate Future Royalties from Possible Offshore Drilling Dies in Senate
Kathy Gear [...]
Virginia Budget Shortfall Reaches $3.7 Billion
What Virginia Gets From the Stimulus
Senate Rejects House Effort to Weaken Smoking Ban
House Privileges and Elections Kills Bill To Make It Easier for Felons to Have Voting Rights Restored
Senate Courts of Justice Enhances Homestead Exemption for Veterans and Seniors
Virginia Sheriffs Support Ruff-Wright Bill to Allow Use of Voice Stress Analyzers
Virginia [...]
Delegate Lee Ware’s op-ed piece published in Sunday’s RTD continues a flawed perspective on the smoking ban issue. I know and admire Lee Ware - he’s a good guy and a passionate conservative who believes deeply in a value system that prizes personal freedom and limited government. Unfortunately, these values, shared by many in the [...]