McDonnell to step down as AG
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Bob McDonnell is resigning as attorney general of Virginia effective Feb. 20 to devote his attention full-time to his pursuit of the governorship.
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The AFP Video Blog – Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
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– Eric Holder sworn in as attorney general. From the Associated Press. Length: 1:21. – Loopholes exposed in Obama administration lobbying rules. From the Associated Press. Length: 1:42. – Jerry Stenger with the Virginia State Climatology Office offers the state climate advisory for February 2009. From the Virginia Farm Bureau. Length: 1:52. – State Del….
Today’s Events – Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009
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Here is a list of events ongoing this weekend in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
Elizabeth Geris | Smoked out
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“Thank you for not breathing while I smoke,” read a ceramic plaque that hung conspicuously on a childhood friend’s kitchen wall. Even to this day, I can’t help but chuckle when I close my eyes and see this quip, not so much because of what it says, but because of who posted her message for…
Today’s Events – Monday, Feb. 2, 2009
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Here is a list of events ongoing this weekend in the Central Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia. For a complete rundown of what is on the local events schedule, go to our Calendar of Events.
The February New Dominion magazine is on the streets
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The February edition of The New Dominion print magazine is out and about at locations across the Central Shenandoah Valley and Charlottesville. Links to stories on our sister website TheNewDominion.com and our web extras are here. To find out where you can pick up your copy, click here.
It’s blowin’ in the wind
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It sounds, if not perfect, then pretty darn close. The answer, or at least an answer, to our energy troubles is blowin’ in the wind. But is it really as simple as putting up turbines and connecting them to the grid?
Ivy Main | Protecting the vote
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Two years ago the Virginia legislature took a major first step towards verifiable voting by passing a law banning localities from buying any more of the paperless electronic voting machines known as DREs — the computers that most of us have been voting on, but which have been shown nationwide to be prone to failure,…
David Cox | Thinking strategically
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Our legislators are back at it in Richmond. A couple of weeks into a session that, everyone knows, has got to tackle some excruciating budgetary problems, they seem — as so often — to have produced more heat than light. I often wonder what they’re thinking. Especially when someone comes up with a good, if…
Veronica Gutierrez | Predators, indeed
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Recently, the term “predatory lending” has taken on a new meaning for me. I’ve always thought that predatory lenders were bad businesses. They plant themselves in low-income communities, offer fast cash, and then charge ridiculous interest rates, inevitably trapping people in a cycle of debt. Last Saturday, I joined in the Virginia Organizing Project’s door-to-door…
