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This was a somber week in Congress as the House passed a resolution to honor the victims of the tragedy in Tucson. I was deeply saddened and disturbed by the senseless attacks on Representative Giffords, members of her staff, and all of the victims in Tucson, Arizona. Our prayers are for speedy and full recoveries…
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Cynics of government will find a delight in reading Charles Dickens’ Little Dorrit, especially Chapter 10 “Containing the Whole Science of Government.” “The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government. No public business of any kind could possibly be done at any time without the acquiescence of…
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The Staunton Office of Economic Development in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development’s Enterprise Zone Program Office will host an enterprise zone workshop at 3:30pm on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011 in City Council Chambers on the first floor of City Hall. The workshop will review the local and state enterprise zone…
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AFP editor Chris Graham talks news and politics with WREL’s “Online with Jim Bresnahan.” Gov. Bob McDonnell got the 2011 Virginia General Assembly rolling with his State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday. McDonnell seems to be trying to put his imprint on this second legislative session as governor after an uneventful first year in office,…
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A key part of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plan to get Virginia transportation moving would rededicate a portion of sales-tax revenues from the pot of money used to fund schools and public safety to roads projects in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. McDonnell said today that he will back legislation to move about $140 million a…
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“I like PBS, it airs great programs, including, if I do say so myself, tonight’s speech.” Awkward moment of realization there for Gov. Bob McDonnell, who apparently plans to balance the $36 billion state budget by cutting the $4 million a year that Virginia contributes to public broadcasting. OK, it’s not that the budget needs…
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State revenue collections increased by 9.5 percent in December over the prior year when adjusted for the December 2009 one-time tax amnesty program. This is the ninth month out of the last 10 in which state revenue collections exceeded the previous year’s amount. It is the second month in a row in which year over…
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner today announced that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has established a new hotline to help small businesses struggling to access credit. The hotline was announced today by FDIC chair Sheila C. Bair at a small business forum with Sen. Warner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke held at George…
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A Washington County Circuit Court judge who had previously ruled that a woman could not adopt the last name of her same-sex partner has reversed himself, holding that the name change could go forward. ACLU of Virginia legal director Rebecca Glenberg represented Leigh Anne Ruth Hunter, who, along with her partner, Jennifer Beth Surber, petitioned…
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Wintergreen Adaptive Sports, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through outdoor sports and recreation, has received two key grants to enhance its 2011 programming. Disabled Sports USA, the largest organization in the country that supports recreational and sporting activities for people with disabilities, awarded WAS a…
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