JOINT STATEMENT FROM JEFF CARUSO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VIRGINIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE, AND VICTORIA COBB, PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA

RICHMOND – With the General Assembly set to approve a budget negotiated by House… Read more>

This Friday, citizens of Charlottesville will be in court challenging the location of a Planned Parenthood facility in that community. Led by the Central Virginia Family Forum, the case argues that Planned Parenthood violated local zoning ordinances when it opened a clinic… Read more>

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, up until yesterday a rising star in the Democrat Party, was well known to pro-life New Yorkers (yes, they exist) and the national pro-life movement long before his newfound fame. Perhaps the most extreme pro-abortion… Read more>

As we announced last week, Delegate Mark Cole (R-88, Fredericksburg) agreed to an exclusive blog interview with us. We submitted questions Thursday, he returned them Friday. They now are posted below.

A solid conservative, Delegate Cole plays an important… Read more>

This gem of wisdom makes our Quote Of The Day:

From Delegate Bill Janis (R-56, Henrico), on WRVA’s Richmond’s Morning News With Jimmy Barrett last Friday, on whether a tax increase for transportation funding is possible during the budget stalemate:

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Senator, we understand session is in recess until 3:00. Thanks for squeezing the interview in now. So, without further delay, the floor is yours!

Senator Ken Cuccinelli’s live blog interview with us has been delayed (as we thought it might) by a little thing called “session.” The Senate is in session right now. It started at noon. Usually on Fridays it starts at 11:00… Read more>

One of the great opportunities afforded a lobbyist with The Family Foundation is the chance to work with members of the Conservative Caucus. There are many caucuses in the General Assembly, each with a certain purpose, and not all… Read more>

The “third rail” of Virginia politics is very clear – don’t dare reform public education spending, even if the reforms are desperately needed not only to improve education, but to streamline government spending. Anyone who dares take on the education establishment in Virginia is… Read more>

Americans For Prosperity is a free-market, small-government, low-tax grassroots organization. Today was its Virginia chapter’s lobby day at the capitol. It’s a good group. But even fellow conservatives can surprise you at times.

Often these conservative economic groups are pretty secular and… Read more>