Update: Okay, So We Have Spending Transparency After All

April 1, 2009 | 1 comment

Lost in my curiousness over Governor Tim Kaine’s proposed substitute for HB 2285, Delegate Ben Cline’s (R-25, Amherst) spending transparency bill, which passed both chambers of the General Assembly unanimously, is that the same day he signed SB 936, patroned … Read more>

BREAKING: Spending Transparency Will Go To The Governor!

February 26, 2009 | 3 comments

The Senate earlier this afternoon passed by a vote of 38-0 SB 936, by agreeing to the House’s amendments, thus avoiding a conference committee and sending the spending transparency bill to Governor Tim Kaine (contact here). The bill, … Read more>

UPDATE And Clarifications: Cautiously Optimistic On Transparency Bills

February 26, 2009 | No comments

Hopefully, sometime today, or, if not, then tomorrow, we will have a  spending transparency bill sent to Governor Tim Kaine (contact here) for his signature.

Here’s the status of both HB 2285 and SB 936: The former, patroned by Delegate Ben Read more>