Partisan Kaine

Chris Graham

Solve problems. Unify people. Results. This is the message that Republicans are in their own inimitable partisan way are saying will mark the death of the Virginia Democrat as Tim Kaine prepares to take over the Democratic National Committee. The last time I saw Kaine, two months ago in Staunton, in the afterglow of the…

Kaine to become DNC chairman

Chris Graham

Multiple reports have Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine in line to being named the chairman of the Democratic National Committee this week. Politico.com is reporting Sunday evening that Kaine had originally indicated that he was not interested in taking on the post, but changed his mind when President-elect Barack Obama intervened and personally asked him to…

Kaine’s proposals drawing critics

Chris Graham

Tim Kaine’s budget balancing act is earning the Virginia governor critics across the Commonwealth. “While the decisions are tough and certainly not anything that the governor or anybody else would have wished for, the ultimate impact is going to be on the various localities. And the poorest school divisions are going to be among the…

Kaine aims to attract green jobs to Virginia

Chris Graham

Gov. Tim Kaine is in on the green-collar revolution. “In today’s economy, we can turn our energy challenges into an opportunity,” Kaine said Monday in announcing his Renew Virginia initiative, which will focus on the development of strategies to attract renewable-energy companies to the Commonwealth and bring their green jobs to Virginia with them.

Virginia: Kaine announces budget cuts

Chris Graham

Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Gov. Tim Kaine wants to balance the fiscal-year 2009 state budget with $348 million in state-agency cuts, the utilization of $400 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund and the bonding of $250 million in capital projects that the state had been planning to pay for with cash. The measures…