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Kaine Warns Of 'Painful' Cuts In Va. Services

$1.5 Billion Gap Opens in Budget

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Wednesday that he might be forced to cut core services, including education, health care and public safety, lay off employees and borrow money from the state's rainy day fund to make up a $1.5 billion budget shortfall. Read story »

Transportation Returns To Forefront of Contest

Blame Traded on HOT Lane Project Delay

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

A day after the state abruptly announced that it will postpone construction on express lanes on interstates 395 and 95, elected leaders and the candidates for governor began blaming each other Tuesday for failing again to help ease congestion in traffic-clogged Northern Virginia. Read story and 2 comments »

No Limits On Gifts or Questions

Campaign Contributions Worry Some Virginians

Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009

Wealthy friends and accommodating campaign finance laws have allowed the two men running for governor of Virginia to compile tens of thousands of dollars from individual donors in what is expected to be the most expensive race in the state's history. Read story »

McDonnell Touts Early Ties to a Changed Northern Va.

Region Has Become Increasingly Liberal Since Candidate's Upbringing in Fairfax County

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Robert F. McDonnell grew up in a neighborhood of military and government families not far from Mount Vernon, where his mother organized tours. He worked summers as a busboy and caddy at Fort Belvoir. He played football at Bishop Ireton High School, once scoring a touchdown against the undefeated T.C. Williams team celebrated in "Remember the Titans." And in 1976, McDonnell married a Redskins cheerleader from McLean. Read story »

McDonnell Proposes Drug Courts, Lifetime Sex Offender Tracking

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009

Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell released a lengthy proposal Wednesday designed to curb crime in Virginia, including lifetime monitoring for sexual predators through the Global Positioning System and other technology. Read story »

From Where in Virginia Is Candidate McDonnell?

Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009

In campaign literature mailed recently to Northern Virginia residents, Robert F. McDonnell touts himself as a “governor that Fairfax County families can be proud to call their own.” In another mailer sent to Hampton Roads residents, he touts himself as “a governor Virginia Beach can be proud to call our own.” Read story and 3 comments »

President Campaigns for Deeds in N.Va.

Friday, Aug. 7, 2009

The first Democratic president to win Virginia in more than four decades encouraged his supporters Thursday night to return to the polls in November and elect Democrat R. Creigh Deeds governor. Read story and 6 comments »

Kaine Asks Agencies to Cut at Least $700 Million

Shortfall Bigger Than Predicted

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Wednesday that state agencies will need to cut $700 million to $1.5 billion more this year as Virginia continues to suffer from one of the worst financial crises in decades. Read story »

Is Race for Governor More About Obama?

Some Backers Growing Disillusioned

Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009

The coffee was still brewing when Chris Ann Cleland got her first reminder of the day that voting for Barack Obama might have been a mistake. Read story and 4 comments »

As Candidates Woo Tax and Traffic Foes, Specifics of Road Proposals Remain Elusive

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The transportation crisis in Virginia has gotten so bad that highway officials have eliminated 1,400 projects, closed 18 rest stops and cut $2 billion in construction funds. Read story and 1 comment »

In Gubernatorial Race, It's About Who's More Pro-Gun

Background Check Loophole Puts Fine Point on Politics

Monday, July 27, 2009

Walking the jam-packed aisles of Virginia's biggest gun show, Richard Begay carried a .30-06 Sauer hunting rifle and a hand-lettered cardboard sign on his back asking $1,199. Read story and 9 comments »

7 Former Legislators From GOP Back Deeds

Transportation Funding Plays Role In Endorsements

Thursday, July 23, 2009

As Virginia's candidates for governor battle for the state's political middle, Democratic state Sen. R. Creigh Deeds announced Wednesday that he has been endorsed by seven former Republican delegates and senators. Read story and 1 comment »

McDonnell Roads Plan Privatizes ABC Stores

Proposal Would Also Divert N.Va. Tax Revenue

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Robert F. McDonnell, the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, proposed Tuesday handing over about 330 state-run liquor stores to private operators to pay for road improvements — a novel way to fund fixes but one that confronts many of the same obstacles that have stalled previous efforts. Read story and 2 comments »

Kaine Pledges To Publish His Travel Records Once a Month

Time Spent Out of Va. for DNC Has Increased

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine traveled outside the state doing business for the Democratic National Committee half of the days in June, a departure from his earlier pledge to limit his work as party chairman to evenings and weekends. Read story »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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