Business Leaders Are Major Prize In Va. Race

McDonnell, Deeds Seek Credibility Among Execs

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The candidates for Virginia governor, aggressively courting the state's influential business leaders, made competing announcements Monday aimed at winning the confidence of executives who can both raise money and provide an important vote of confidence at a time of financial uncertainty. Read story »

$260 Million Earmarked For Va. Roads, Interchange

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The first real evidence of the federal stimulus spending for many Northern Virginians will come in the form of orange traffic cones as the region receives an infusion of more than $260 million to pave roads, complete the Fairfax County Parkway and build a major interchange at Fair Lakes Parkway. Read story »

State Forensics Lab Solves Space Problem With Move

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Robots and corpses have joined the crowd at Innovation Technology Park. Read story »

Deeds Set For Costly Fight for Governor

Democrat Raised Twice as Much as McDonnell in June

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Democrat R. Creigh Deeds outraised Republican Robert F. McDonnell in the Virginia gubernatorial race by nearly 2 to 1 last month, providing early evidence of a high-dollar general election campaign that will bear little resemblance to Deeds’s cash-strapped insurgency in the primary. Read story and 2 comments »

Deeds Raises $3.4 Million in Va.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Virginia gubernatorial candidate R. Creigh Deeds, who has spent much of his time since the June 9 Democratic primary raising money, announced yesterday that he collected $3.4 million during the month-long fundraising period that ended June 30. Read story »

HIV/AIDS Care Gap Is Filled

New Facility Replaces Whitman-Walker Clinic

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Large orange koi still swim in the pond in what used to be known as the healing garden at the former Whitman-Walker Clinic site in Arlington County. But the clinic’s name on the side of the building has been painted over, and some of the only remnants of its former use are two white LabCorp boxes next to the entrance, empty except for a few manila slips that state “No specimens in box.” Read story »

Sharing Rides With a Stranger for Fun and Games

Carpool Agency Expands Its Work Beyond Commuting

Thursday, July 2, 2009

After 25 years of helping commuters find others going their way and creating carpools to ease the area’s clogged roads Monday through Friday, a ride-sharing agency is helping do the same for those heading to ballgames, fireworks, parades and concerts on weekends and evenings. Read story »

Prohibition On Texting By Drivers Starts in Va.

State, Md. Plan To Launch Other Laws Today, Too

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Virginia drivers will face new restrictions today, when hundreds of laws take effect, including a ban on sending or reading text messages and e-mails. Read story »

Rail Spending Applauded; Overall Maintenance Booed

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Maryland and the District both did a better job than Virginia in spending federal stimulus dollars earmarked for transportation, according to a report released yesterday by a smart-growth advocacy group. Read story »

Virginia Abortion Restriction Is Upheld

U.S. Appeals Court Votes 6-5 to Back 'Partial Birth' Ban

Thursday, June 25, 2009

A sharply divided federal appeals court ruled constitutional yesterday a Virginia law banning "partial birth" abortion that was overturned four years ago, bringing the state in line with a federal ban on the controversial procedure. Read story and 2 comments »

Va. Governor Is Really Going Places

Kaine's Travels as DNC Chief Not So Easy to Pin Down

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine travels regularly across the country for fundraisers and national policy events as he juggles his role as Virginia's chief executive and his job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Read story »

State to Monitor Air Pollution From Old Plants

Program Could Become National Model, Environmentalist Says

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Virginia officials announced Tuesday a groundbreaking initiative to monitor pollution spewed from power plants and other facilities built before passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act. Read story »

So Many Dreams, So Many Diplomas

Virginia Offers Various Degree Programs Tailored to Students' Ambitions

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Fifteen-year-old Simon Lhuillier wants to become a pediatrician when he grows up and buy a big house near a lake. Nila Fasihi, 17, thinks she might one day open a hair salon in Afghanistan when the war is over. Read story and 1 comment »

Va. Is Last State to Request Stimulus Funds for Roads

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

For a state that has struggled for years to find road and transit money, Virginia would seem the least likely candidate to be the last one to ask for federal stimulus money for transportation. Read story and 1 comment »