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 [...]

Bob McDonnell’s Executive Directive this afternoon noting that ” discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation… violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution”  is not only an effort to distance himself from the furor that has accompanied Ken Cuccinelli’s letter to state colleges and universities, but to reverse the political hemorrhaging that [...]

Marshall Asks Cuccinelli If Proposed Fees Would Violate Constitution
Bolling Enters Debate Against Fee Increases
McDonnell Pledges Not to Discriminate, Backs Cuccinelli’s Legal Reasoning on Gays
McDonnell 2007 Letter to CNU on Protections for Gays
W&M’s Reveley Letter on Cuccinelli
VCU Speakers Assail Cuccinelli
Gay Community Awaits UVA Response
McDonnell Wants VITA-NG Deal By End of Month
Senate Passes McDonnell Education Bills
Senate Delays Ethics [...]

Capital Abuzz About Armstrong’s Statewide Ambitions
Bill to Protect Gays Apparently Dead for Session
Cuccinelli’s Position Praised and Panned
Students Irate at Cuccinelli
VCU to Hold Forums On Cuccinelli Opinion
McDonnell’s School Reforms Pass Despite Spruill’s Objection
Bills to Expand Death Penalty Pass Senate Committee
House Approves Fee to Combat Internet Crime Predators
Efforts to Revive Gun Bills Fails
Tea Party Targets Budget, Democrats’ [...]

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 [...]

Filler-Corn Defeats Bolognese by 37 Votes, Recount Possible
McDonnell Lists His House and Senate Budget Concerns
Webb Pushes for One-Time Tax on Some Executive Bonuses
U.S. Senate Confirms Keenan for 4th Circuit Post
Longwood Names General Finnegan New President
Despite Senate Maneuvers, Some Gun Bills Head to McDonnell
Democrats Attack Cuccinelli on Climate Change
McEachin’s Sexual Orientation Job Protection Bill Dies in [...]