State announces partnership to preserve Civil War site
At a public ceremony this morning at the National Sporting Library and Museum during his “Virginia: Growing Strong” statewide tour, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced a public-private partnership to preserve historic Mount Defiance, a five-acre battle site at the heart of the Civil War Middleburg battlefield.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is working with the nonprofit Civil War Trust and the Northern Virginia Regional Parks Authority to formally preserve the site as a public park. Read more
McDonnell signs ag, forestry development bills
During a visit to Cave View Farm in Weyers Cave today on his “Virginia: Growing Strong” statewide tour, Gov. Bob McDonnell signed agriculture and forestry development legislation passed during the recently concluded 2012 session of the General Assembly.
All four pieces are part of the governor’s jobs and economic development legislative agenda. The governor was joined by members of the General Assembly, representatives from the agriculture and forestry industries as well as local economic development associations and chambers of commerce. Read more
McDonnell signs legislation aimed to protecting victims of sexual, domestic violence
Gov. Bob McDonnell was joined today at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale by members of the Governor’s Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board, victims of crime, public safety officials, family members of victims and elected officials to sign into law 13 pieces of legislation to support and protect victims of crime, specifically human trafficking and domestic violence victims.
The legislation includes measures to enhance campus safety, combat human trafficking and strengthen enforcement of protective orders for victims of domestic violence. The new laws further protect Virginia’s citizens by ensuring that all victims of crime in Virginia have the services necessary to recover. Read more
McDonnell signs economic-development legislation
During an afternoon visit to ICF International in Martinsville while on his “Virginia: Growing Strong” statewide tour, Gov. Bob McDonnell today ceremonially signed job creation and economic development legislation, including measures from his 2012 jobs and economic development agenda. Read more
McDonnell offers up budget amendments
Last night, Gov. Bob McDonnell submitted his amendments to the budget passed by the General Assembly during the 2012 special session, meeting his agreed-upon seven-day deadline for reviewing the delayed budget bill.
The governor sent in $43.9 million in budget amendments prior to the midnight deadline for executive action. Read more
PPP breaks down Virginia electorate on 2014 Senate race, 2016 presidential race, more
-An epic US Senate contest in 2014 between Mark Warner and Bob McDonnell…might not be that epic. Warner leads McDonnell 51-40 in a hypothetical head to head. Warner would take 14% of the Republican vote while McDonnell gets just 7% of Democrats, and Warner has a narrow edge with independents as well. McDonnell is popular but there’s still no doubt who Virginia’s favorite politician is.
-Virginians would prefer that neither Warner nor McDonnell go for the White House in 2016. They’re pretty closely divided on a possible Warner bid with 34% saying he should run and 39% that he should not. There’s less division in regards to McDonnell. Only 24% think he should run for President while 52% are opposed to the possibility. Read more
Poll: Obama up big in Virginia
A new Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters has Democrat Barack Obama with an eight-point lead over likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
The Obama lead over Romney was at 51 percent-to-43 percent in the PPP survey. Public Policy Polling has had Obama leading Virginia by similar margins for much of the past year. Read more
