Mims Selected for State Supreme Court
Governor Issues Directive Against Discrimination
UVA Grateful for McDonnell Move
Kaine’s Office Had Role in Quashing Findings About State Children’s Hospital
Virginia First State to Approve Bill to Bar Health Insurance Mandate
McDonnell Signs Offshore Energy Bills
Boycott Urged for Muslim Imam’s Prayer in House
State Budget Negotiators Making Progress
Senate Panel Votes to Add Non-Discrimination to [...]

Albemarle Parents Apply Direct Pressure
Kaine Relishes Single Role as DNC Chair
House, Senate Budget Negotiators Make Little Progress
Gay Rights Group Ask McDonnell to Counter Cuccinelli
McDonnell’s Schedule Omission Draw Complaints
Gobco Turns Gob Into Cash
Lawsuits Pit Convicts Against State Parole Board
More State Job Cuts Loom
School Funding Amounts Vary in State Budget Plans
Colonial Beach School in Lowest 5%, Superintendent [...]

1. Ken Cuccinelli
Has in less than two months become the most visible Attorney General in our lifetime. During the campaign, Bob McDonnell successfully reframed conservatism as a problem-solving, job-creating, economic recovery vehicle for Virginia. Not all that sexy (Norm Leahy keeps pushing him for “bigger” ideas), but very effective politically.  In the last two weeks, however, [...]

The Cuccinelli Letter
Cuccinelli Says Public Colleges Can’t Protect Gays
Cuccinelli to Colleges: End Gay Protections
McDonnell, Democrats Respond To Cuccinelli Letter
Cuccinelli’s Letter Could be Test for McDonnell
Will McDonnell Approve Phone Fee that’s Really a Tax
House Budget Team Offers Concessions
Legislative Black Caucus Concerned about State Budget
Ethics Bill Squeaks Through: Final Fate in Doubt
Armstrong Looks to Statewide Run
Key Appointment [...]

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 [...]

Landmark “One Gun a Month” Curb Faces Test in Virginia Senate
Rove v. Tom Davis Incident Recounted in Rove’s New Book
Webb Says Taxpayers Deserve $10 Billion from Bonuses
Kaine Not Worried about the Politics of Health Care
McDonnell Criticizes “Kill Bill” Subcommittees
Wilder Says Government Shouldn’t Focus on Niceties
Perriello Donates Rangel Campaign Contributions
House, Senate Begin Budget Battle
McDonnell Presses Negotiators [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

House Panel Votes to End One Gun a Month Law
Senate Democrats in a Bind on Balancing State Budget
Chris Mathews HardBall: GOP Bill Introduced to Save Humans from AntiChrist
McDonnell Privately Proposes Children’s Insurance, Education Cuts
McDonnell Will Not Tackle Education Funding Goals This Session
McDonnell Talks to Northrop Grumman About Headquarters Move
Democrats Angry at Johnson for Switching Votes [...]