
Cuccinelli announces legislative agenda
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli released his legislative agenda for the 2013 General Assembly session on Thursday.

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli released his legislative agenda for the 2013 General Assembly session on Thursday.

Virginia residents have begun receiving fraudulent calls involving Medicare cards. The State VICAP office at DARS has received at least 10 calls since January 3 from Medicare beneficiaries regarding calls asking them to verify their personal information in order to receive their new Medicare card. Specifically, the callers are asking beneficiaries to verify their bank account and social security numbers as well as their address.

Gov. Bob McDonnell Wednesday announced the membership of his newly-created Task Force of School and Campus Safety. The membership includes educators, public safety experts, local leaders, mental health practitioners, legislators, parents, and students.

Democratic Party of Virginia Chair Charniele Herring released the following statement on Friday responding to increasing rhetoric from Governor Bob McDonnell, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Virginia Republicans suggesting arming Virginia teachers to keep schools safe:

Gov. Bob McDonnell visited the Greensville Correctional Center today to review prisoner reentry programs, including the Cognitive Community Program, Campus Within Walls Program, Animal Assisted Compassionate Activities and the DMV Connect program.

Gov. Bob McDonnell has received and transmitted to the General Assembly the final report of the Uranium Working Group regarding a conceptual regulatory framework should the General Assembly act to lift the current moratorium on uranium mining in the Commonwealth.

“Oh, no!” many may exclaim at the idea of hearing any more about the elections. But I believe it is instructive for the future to consider what happened and why.

The question isn’t, Would Mark Warner clean the floor with whichever Republican would be unfortunate enough to run against him in the 2013 governor’s race?

The Staunton City Council appointed Linda L. Little to the position of city clerk at its November 8, 2012 meeting. Ms. Little will assume the city clerk duties on January 1, 2013. She replaces Deborah A. Lane, who is retiring at the end of December after thirty years of service to the City, with twenty-two of those years as clerk.

Mark Warner appears to be giving serious thought to a run for governor in 2013, according to multiple sources.
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