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Joined by members of the General Assembly, law enforcement professionals, and public safety experts from around the state, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed five pieces of legislation on Friday aimed at preventing the sexual exploitation of children.
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine addressed the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night.
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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.
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Patricia Shell Caulkins, RN, BSN, MS of Augusta Health has been named this year’s recipient of the Martin C. Ushkow Community Service Award at the American Academy of Pediatrics
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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
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine visited the Portsmouth campus of Tidewater Community College in Hampton Roads
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“You can be a star one minute, unemployed the next,” said John Noonan, FMS ’99, whose star is in ascendancy at the moment, with Noonan serving as a foreign-policy advisor to the presidential campaign of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
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The number of U.S. farmers’ markets continues to increase, and Virginia now has enough to place it among the nation’s top 10 market states
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George Allen today brought his Virginia Voices tour to Springfield where he met with leaders of the Hispanic community for a roundtable discussion hosted by the Ibero-American Business Council and the Coalicion por la Democracia (Coalition for Democracy)
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The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on proposals for dealing with the Bush-era tax cuts. This includes a proposal that passed the U.S. Senate last Wednesday [July 26] that will extend Bush-era income tax cuts for every American, but end extra breaks for the richest 2 percent (on take-home income beyond the first $250,000). As a small business owner – my wife and I own and operate an auto repair shop with a dozen employees – I’m all for this. Especially the part about ending extra breaks for the top 2 percent.
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