News:

State lawmakers consider more cuts amid weak economy (Norfolk Virginian-Pilot)

Virginia may rein in funding for schools, health care as budget shortfall deepens (Roanoke Times) 

Va. budget writers learn grim details of economy (Richmond … Read more>

The last sentence on the second page of The Politico piece about Terry McAuliffe’s  campaign for governor was a hoot. Not about him. But about our current Excellency:

And McAuliffe’s opponents are already painting him as a rowdy Democratic partisan

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Later this week, members of the House of Delegates and Senate (contact here) will gather in separate enclaves in Virginia to discuss the Commonwealth’s estimated $2.5 billion “shortfall” in budget revenue (see recent post). Much of the problem stems from … Read more>

Although only in an “exploratory” stage, make no mistake: Top Clintonista Terry McAuliffe is running to be the commonwealth’s next governor, just as we predicted in September (see here). Before all the ballots could be counted from the just completed … Read more>

By now most Virginians are familiar with the decision of Virginia State Police Superintendent W. Steven Flaherty, a political appointee of Governor Tim Kaine, to order state police chaplains to cease praying “in Christ’s name.” Six state police chaplains resigned … Read more>

The U.S. Military doesn’t fight and die overseas to protect our freedoms so that unscrupulous people in power back home can deny them their own constitutional rights.

When the news first broke late last week that the grossly partisan Fairfax County registrar, Rokey Suleman (contact here), was not … Read more>

Two weeks ago we asked if Governor Tim Kaine was fiddling around with national politics while Richmond and the Virginia budget was burning (click here) because he was running around the country campaigning for Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama. We’re … Read more>

Is Governor Tim Kaine fiddling while Richmond burns? While he lays off 570 state government employees (see Washington Post, here), many of whom are in the all important corrections field, because of a budget deficit he caused by ignoring projections of a severe revenue … Read more>

This is the statement delivered by Family Foundation of Virginia President Victoria Cobb (see archived video) at last week’s news conference regarding the Virginia State Police chaplains who resigned after ordered to stop praying in Jesus’ name. More than a dozen … Read more>

One of the many legislative victories of which we have been a part during recent years, and one in which we are most proud, is the 2007 eminent domain reform law. Proud for a number of reasons: It righted a grievous wrong and demonstrated … Read more>