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We’ve heard from the politicians howling about Tim Kaine proposing a tax increase during a recession. There’s another side howling over the governor’s proposed 30-cent increase in the state cigarette tax.
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My friend Coy Barefoot at WINA-1070AM in Charlottesville wants me to talk about the Top 10 news stories of 2008 in Virginia government and politics on his radio show “Charlottesville-Right Now!” this afternoon. So here’s my stab at it, “Countdown”-style.
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One thing is for sure when you ask Creigh Deeds a question. He’s going to give you an answer, and it’s not going to be one of those politician answers where you think afterward that he really didn’t give too much away. “The things that I talk about aren’t things that people have told me…
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Good news for Virginia food banks – Gov. Tim Kaine included in his recommendations for amendments to the 2009-2010 state budget the addition of $1 million in grant money that would help food banks in the Commonwealth purchase food.
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Some bad news in the short term for Staunton came out of the governor’s budget message to the Virginia General Assembly today. And then there was the good news. “The construction of the new Western State Hospital and development of the existing hospital property come as great news for Staunton,” said city manager Steve Owen,…
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… is so jam-packed that we had to get up and running with it before we could tell you everything that is going on today. Gov. Tim Kaine has unveiled his recommendations for dealing with the $2.9 billion state-budget shortfall. We’ve already reported on them and begun our work at analyzing the proposals from Kaine….
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“Frederick pointed out,” the release related, breathlessly, “that state spending has more than doubled over the last decade and increased by over 50 percent during the last five years.” That amounts to an indictment from the RPV chair, there, doesn’t it? Democrats, Jeffrey Frederick is saying, like Tim Kaine and Mark Warner spend money hand…
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A proposed increase in the cigarette tax and $400 million in cuts to K-12 education are among the strategies being proposed by Gov. Tim Kaine for dealing with the state’s $2.9 billion budget shortfall.
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Bill Leighty, the former chief of staff of Democratic governors Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, was in Staunton Thursday for a town hall cohosted by Staunton Republican State Del. Chris Saxman. AFP editor Chris Graham reporting. Length: 3:32.
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Staunton State Del. Chris Saxman will be cohosting a bipartisan town-hall meeting next week with former Mark Warner and Tim Kaine chief of staff Bill Leighty. The Dec. 11 meeting, open to the public, will be held at City Hall in Staunton and will begin at 6 p.m.
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