Senate Subcommittee Kills Repeal of One Gun a Month
Virginia Doesn’t Make Sweet Sixteen in Race to the Top Funding
Virginia Shut Out, NC A Finalist
Senate Committee Approves McDonnell’s Charter Proposals
Wilder Talks Guns, Obama and Charters
McAuliffe Works to Burnish Local Party Credentials
Car Title Lending Bill Heading to House Floor
Lawmakers Could Impose Strict Fee Caps on Court Appointed [...]

McDonnell Won’t Rule Out Running for VEEP, Criticizes Marshall
McDonnell Calls Marshall’s Comments Offensive
McDonnell to Sign APCo Rate Cut
McDonnell Urges Congressional Delegation to Secure Stimulus Funding
McDonnell, School Groups Reach Charter Deal
McDonnell Meets with McAuliffe on Franklin Mill
McDonnell Will Endorse McCain
Bolling Hears Ideas on Job Creation
Griffith Forms Congressional Campaign Committee
Criticizing Marshall Delegate Abbott Cites Disabled Son
House Panel [...]

1. Wilder’s Politico Buzz
Politico has quickly become on of the most widely read sources among Washington insiders.  It didn’t take long  for Doug Wilder’s article criticizing President Obama’s White House team and suggesting that Tim Kaine is not the best fit for the DNC Chair to be all the buzz on the news, cable and talk radio [...]

Wilder: Obama Needs a Shakeup
Wilder Calls on Kaine to Resign as DNC Chair
Wilder Calls for Overhaul
McDonnell Advisers Talk Budget With Senate Critics
McDonnell Says Franklin Mill Has More than 15 Potential Buyers
McAuliffe and McDonnell Could Partner on Purchase of Mill
Proposal for Bipartisan Redistricting Advances in Senate
Tunnel Tolls Proposal Dropped
House Votes to Suspend AEP Rate Charge
House Bill [...]

Governor Bob McDonnell plans to visit International Paper in Franklin today to speak with workers and community leaders about possible responses to its imminent closing.
I’ve been impressed with McDonnell’s willingness to address economic development issues in some of the areas in Virginia that have been hardest hit not only by this recession, but by the [...]

Proposed Defense Budget Would Pave Way for Carrier Base in Florida
5 Democrats Help Pass Proposals to Outlaw Mandated Health Insurance
Virginia Senate Bills Spurn Health Insurance Mandate
McDonnell Halts Kaine Plan to Extend Benefits to Same Sex Partners
Phillips Prescription Drug Bill Passes Subcommittee
70 MPH Bill Gets Early Approvals
Court Appointed Job Ethics Bill Gets Early Approval in House
Bill [...]

Bob McDonnell announced this morning that Bill Bolling “is about to become the busiest Lieutenant Governor in America.”
The Governor-Elect announced that Bolling will hold a Cabinet level appointment as “Chief Jobs Creation Officer,” that he will chair the “Job Creation and Economic Opportunity Task Force,”  that he will lead a multi-secretariat Job Creation Work Group, [...]

1. Obama and McDonnell
One criticism of President Obama that is becoming more prevalent is that he has tried to accomplish too much, on too many fronts, too quickly. Don’t be surprised if the McDonnell administration takes a very different approach to the challenges the state faces and focuses more narrowly on efforts to jump start [...]

Speaker Howell Wants to Change Ethics Procedures
State Election Board Tells “Know Campaign” to ID Source of Virginia Voter Data
Kaine Urges Nonviolent Offenders to Seek Rights Restoration
Kaine v. Catholic Archbishop of Washington
Janis Rumored to be Under Consideration for Chief Deputy AG
Another Run Possible for McAuliffe
Virginia Agency Declines to Throw Out Application for Three State Power Line
Hampton [...]

Tea Party Snuffs Out Bonfire
Kaine Says Deeds Tried to Run Without Democratic Base
Kaine Says Storm Victims Not Guaranteed Federal Aid
Webb Co-Sponsors Bill to Boost Nuclear, Alternative Energy
Hamilton Resigns
Bristol Virginia Utilities Approves Incentive PLan for Alpha Natural Resources Relocation
McAuliffe Backs Allen-Goldman School Proposal
A New Huguenot High Among Richmond School Priorities
Fairfax Debates Language Instruction
Fairfax Snares Center for [...]