By Bill McMorris | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — The day before part-time Radford University student Ross Truett Ashley killed a Virginia Tech police officer, an influential pro-gun group held a protest on his campus.
Tag Archive | "Cuccinelli"
Homeowners fall victim to scams trying to avoid foreclosure
September 28, 2011
By Amanda Iacone | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Randy Edwards and his wife Sandra weren’t behind on their mortgage payments when they met with representatives from Nationwide Loan Modification Bureau LLC last year.
Cuccinelli speaks out on campus gun control
August 05, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND – A gun scare Thursday at Virginia Tech rekindled the debate about carrying firearms at state-run universities.
UVA ordered to release ‘climategate’ prof’s email, but rival defends him
May 26, 2011
By Bill McMorris
Old Dominion Watchdog
ALEXANDRIA — A Prince William County judge says the University of Virginia must release emails sent by climate change scientist Michael Mann, drawing cheers from transparency advocates and protest from academics — including Mann’s chief rival.
More state funded charities helping public
May 11, 2011
By Alissa Smith
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Virginia will continue working with hundreds of social services nonprofits following a review of charities that receive taxpayer support.
Supporters, detractors rally over Virginia’s health care lawsuit
May 10, 2011
By Alissa Smith
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — The debate over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law took center stage Tuesday, as opponents and proponents took their positions to the public arena.
State appeals sanctions for Virginia Tech massacre
April 27, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Wednesday said the state will fight fines imposed by the federal government on Virginia Tech for the 2007 mass slaying of 32 students and faculty, claiming the U.S. Department of Education was playing Monday-morning quarterback.
Charities worry about state funding
April 26, 2011
By Alissa Smith
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Free health clinics around the state could loose the ability to serve 50,000 patients if the nonprofit’s state funding is cut.
Cuccinelli says he’s just doing his job as attorney general
December 29, 2010
By Stephen Groves
Critics of Virginia’s Ken Cuccinelli accuse him of taking the role of attorney general to new levels of activism, but he says he’s just doing his job.
After Cuccinelli’s name made national headlines last week with the first successful assault on health insurance mandates, many see him as an activist attorney general bent on a conservative agenda. And while the cases he tries and his interpretation of the law certainly make conservatives smile, Cuccinelli says he is not doing anything outside the bounds of attorney general.
Federal judge to rule on health insurance mandate by year’s end
October 25, 2010
By Stephen Groves
The new federal health care reform law faced a major test on Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, as lawyers for Virginia argued against its constitutionality.
Judge Henry E. Hudson said he would have a decision by the end of the year, but acknowledged, “As you well know, this is only one brief stop on the way to the United States Supreme Court.”
- Virginia moves to loosen gun-ownership rules
- VA home-schoolers seek to even playing field
- VA gov’s pension payout includes $600M deferred
- VA gay adoption: Discrimination or religious freedom?
- Voter ID law could freeze youth vote in VA
- VA GOP campaigned on jobs, pushes social issues, Dems say
- Annual reviews a sour apple for teachers in VA
- HPV vaccine: Dems worry about funds; GOP fears health effects
- VA teachers rally for state pension funding, localities struggle with gaps
- ‘Personhood’ bill ranks high on Marshall’s priorities
- Lawmakers set out to reform quick foreclosures
- Griffith Attacks Boucher's Support of "Cap and Trade"
- No plans for a Northern Va. I-95 toll
- Retired Virginia Police Superintendent Col. Gerald Massengill "candy bar at a candy store"
- Gov. McDonnell's office lays out plan to sell liquor stores
- Average pay for state employee slightly trumps private-sector pay
- Critics Question McDonnell's "Surplus"
- Speed and safety a balancing act with new laws
- Virginia Indian tribes fight for federal recognition
- Governor's tweaked ABC plan less lucrative, more "business-friendly"
- Charles D. Bowman: I am related to the chickahomoiny tribes. My great...
- Danny: First, I believe he is entitled to his retirement ...
- Renee Williams: Most of these offenders came from the Dept. of Cor...
- jack: Hypocrite.......get rid of this bum. Lets offset t...
- jewel: are there any problems with drivers passing school...