Today in Arlington, the Environmental Protection Agency is holding its first public hearing on its proposal to regulate coal ash, the byproduct of coal-fired power generation. Coal ash first became a part of the public discourse following a massive spill of the substance from a containment pond in Tennessee More…
The headline reads, “Feeling flush: Virginia’s budget surplus doubles.” The article notes:
Virginia closed its fiscal 2010 budget with a $403.2 million budget surplus, Governor Bob McDonell said on Thursday. That’s even higher than the $220 million surplus he previously estimated.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has been in the news lately for staking out anti-Obama stances on immigration and health care reform, admitted to MSNBC’s Daily Rundown today that he is already preparing for a 2013 reelection campaign.
- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), once a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform, shot down hopes from advocates that he’d again push for the cause. “Really? I’m certainly happy to hear that, since they have been unrelenting in their criticism of me,” McCain told Politico. “I will maintain my More…
One of the major problems with Secure Communities, an information-sharing program between federal and local law enforcement to catch illegal immigrants, is that it creates a surge in the number of people to be detained by federal authorities — and the feds don’t always have the facilities to More…
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli had threatened to file a federal lawsuit if Democrats deemed the health care reform bill passed. In the end, of course, Democrats held an up-or-down vote, and won. Cuccinelli is threatening a lawsuit anyway.
“We will file our complaint with the court as soon
Add Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to the growing list of conservative state officials who are preaching fiscal restraint while also vying for federal stimulus dollars to address state budget problems. The Washington Post reports that McDonnell — who just last week told the More…
After the jump, the full text of Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s GOP response to President Obama’s State of the Union address.
Remember the Virginians arrested in Pakistan last month for trying to link up with al-Qaeda in the tribal areas? Well:
The five Americans were returned to prison after the brief midday session in an anti-terror court in the city of Sargodha, and another hearing was set for Jan.
The Republican National Committee has made available two lengthy voter surveys conducted in New Jersey and Virginia as Republican candidates were winning gubernatorial races there last week. There’s a lot in there, including message-testing on anti-health care reform and cap-and-trade arguments, but this part really jumped out at me. More…
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