January 24, 2012
By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Delegate Kathy Byron, R-Lynchburg, plunged the General Assembly into the murky issue of human papillomavirus, or HPV, on Tuesday, with a proposal that would cut off taxpayer subsidies of vaccines against HPV, a virus associated with genital warts and cervical cancer.
November 1, 2011
By Peter J. Smith | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — Republicans and Democrats are waging the 2011 election cycle’s most expensive state political battle in one of the poorest Virginia districts in a fight for control of the state Senate.
October 28, 2011
By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Candidates running for the General Assembly in Nov. 8′s election are steering clear of talking about Virginia‘s underfunded public pension system.
January 24, 2012
By Carten Cordell | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — Stephen Murmer has been on the wrong side of the chopping block in Virginia's public school system. The Chesterfield County School District fired him, rather than following the standard grievance process Gov. Bob McDonnell will try to streamline this year.
January 3, 2012
By Hannah Hess | IowaPolitics.com WEST DES MOINES — A chant of “Ron Paul” surged through Valley High School on Tuesday, about seven hours before the start of the Iowa Caucus.
December 12, 2011
By Bill McMorris | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell may have shot his vision of major pension overhaul in the foot, when he failed to contribute fully to the state's retirement system in 2010.
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January 13, 2012
By Hannah Hess | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — The Republican-controlled General Assembly may make it legal to carry concealed weapons without a permit, even though gun owners support the current law. Virginia law requires a permit for concealed carry, but a measure proposed by State Del. Mark Cole, R-Spotsylvania, would eliminate the permit requirement, making it legal for [...]
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