
McDonnell trumpets $31M in higher education budget amendments
Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday in a presentation to the General Assembly joint money committees his higher education budget amendments, totaling an additional $31 million.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Monday in a presentation to the General Assembly joint money committees his higher education budget amendments, totaling an additional $31 million.

Virginians are living through this holiday season with mixed blessings. At least that is the conclusion of the Center for American Progress Action Fund 2012 Annual Report “Tracking Indicators of Poverty and Opportunity in Virginia.”

U.S. Senate candidates Tim Kaine and George Allen spent time on Tuesday talking with voters on issues related to defense and veterans issues.

I joined more than 100 other millionaires from more than 50 cities in signing a Voices for Progress letter to Congress strongly opposing prolonging these special tax breaks. We who have the most income need these breaks the least —and it’s just not right to ask others to pay for them.

The effort by a Republican front group to attack President Barack Obama on his handling of the raid on 9/11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden elicited a response from the Obama campaign delivered by Rob Diamond, the director of a group named National Veterans and Military Families Vote

Republican nominee George Allen was endorsed by the conservative National Federation of Independent Business in the U.S. Senate race

The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce supported the last increase in the federal minimum wage in July 2009 and we believe another raise is overdue. The business owners I talk with every day say that, far from hurting their businesses, raising the minimum wage in fact helps small businesses and the broader economy

U.S. Senate candidate George Allen toured the Chester manufacturing facility of Merit Medical Systems, a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical devices, on Monday

President Obama talks to voters at a campaign event in Virginia Beach on Friday

On Tuesday, Kaine for Virginia released “Investing in our Workers” – a strategic initiative to develop the world’s most talented workforce and equip young people with the skills they need to succeed in the jobs and industries of a global economy
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