McDonnell signs legislation extending disability benefits for State Police

Chris Graham

Edited by Chris Graham [email protected]   Gov. Bob McDonnell today signed legislation which will extend short-term disability benefits for Virginia State Police officers injured in the line of duty. SB95, sponsored by Sen. Fred Quayle, R-Suffolk, extends the length of time that a State Police officer subject to a work-related injury in the line of…

Sanford D. Horn: Voting wrongs, gun rights

Chris Graham

Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected]   The Washington Post, the alleged newspaper of record for the nation’s capitol and its metropolitan area, over the past seven days ending with Saturday, April 24, 2010, ran six articles, editorials or columns each decrying the lack of voting rights yet to bestowed upon the…

Health Desk: Wednesday, Feb. 10

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– RMH lifts visitor restrictions – Home Instead announces CAREGiver of the Year – Free, not fee, the way to go in obesity, smoking cessation counseling – Study reveals a need to evaluate and regulate ‘electronic cigarettes’ – Nutrition initiative Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] RMH lifts restrictions on visitors under age 18: Due to…

Perriello’s priority: Unions or constituents?

Chris Graham

   Column by Laurence Verga www.vergaforcongress.com Today special-interest politics seems just as American as baseball or apple pie. It has become so commonplace that it takes a real stinker to shock anyone anymore. The latest is perhaps the most ethically egregious and economically damaging to Virginia I’ve ever witnessed; a proposed five-year exemption for unions…

McDonnell Inaugural lineup announced

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  Staff Report News tips: [email protected] Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell today announced that 47 groups from across the Commonwealth will be participating in Virginia’s Inaugural parade on Saturday, Jan. 16th. The parade will take place immediately after the swearing-in ceremony, starting at approximately 1:15 p.m. The parade lineup will include a number of organizations with personal…

David Reynolds | The Nanny State

David Reynolds

I just returned from the future. I believe I will stay with the present. Yes, I have been to the nanny state. Let’s keep Virginia the way she is. Our first governor was right. Give me liberty, or give me New Jersey. Without responsibility, life is not worth living. The more responsibility the state assumes,…

Crabill: Lose-lose for the GOP

Chris Graham

Twenty-nine days. That’s how long it took Republican leaders and the three statewide campaigns to distance themselves from wingnut Northern Neck Republican House candidate Catherine Crabill, who has said in her campaign for the seat currently held by Democratic Del. Albert Pollard that the federal government might have played a role in the Oklahoma City…