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Threats of lawsuits are in the air as Virginia lawmakers make sense of the unannounced amendment to the 2011 legislative redistricting rammed through the State Senate on a party-line vote on Monday.
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President Barack Obama stepped out into the political crossfire on Wednesday, issuing a sweeping series of proposals aimed at limiting gun violence that includes criminal background checks on all gun sales and a ban on military-style assault weapons.
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling seems to be suggesting in recent interviews that he’s giving serious consideration to mounting an independent run for governor in November. You’re hearing it here first. It’s not going to happen.
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The aftermath of the November elections has Virginia with eight Republicans and three Democrats in the House of Representatives in the next Congress. This despite the fact that Virginia voters were divided much more evenly than those numbers would suggest – with GOP candidates getting just 60,000 more votes than their Democratic counterparts on the aggregate.
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The House of Representatives voted 257-167 late Tuesday to approve a bipartisan compromise leaving in place tax cuts for individuals with incomes less than $400,000 and families with incomes less than $450,000 and delays automatic spending cuts for two months.
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A shooting rampage at an elementary school in Connecticut has left at least 27 people dead, including the shooter.
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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.”
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Two-term Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling is set to announce that he will not seek the 2013 Republican Party gubernatorial nomination. Time to examine the impacts of that anticipated move on the Virginia political scene.
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It’s time to examine the impacts on various Virginia political players from the news this week that U.S. Sen. Mark Warner will not mount a campaign to run for governor in 2013.
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“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.
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