August 19, 2010
Tags: Bob, care, Gov., health, insurance, McDonnell, Medicaid, reform, Virginia
By Stephen Groves Virginia Statehouse News
While the effects of “Obamacare” will soon be changing the health insurance industry,
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell is fighting to put his own brand on Virginia health care that could become “McDonnellcare.”
The issue of health care has the governor juggling
his fight against the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal mandates that will be implemented in the coming months and years, and his agenda to put a personal stamp on the Commonwealth’s health care system.
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August 17, 2010
Tags: and, Board, Bob, commission, government, Irish, McDonnell, of, Potato, potatoes, reform, Restructuring, Seed, State
By Ann Kaiser Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia has been on board with potatoes since 1982, literally.
But even though Virginia’s two boards on potatoes have operated the same way for the past three decades, potato farms cover only one-sixth of the land they once did.
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July 27, 2010
Tags: ABC, Bob, commission, Mark, McDonnell, Privitization, reform, Warner
By Ann Kaiser
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell yesterday said he remains confident that privatizing state liquor stores will generate hundreds of millions of dollars for transportation projects.
“I don’t know if it’s going to be $300 or $500 million or $800 million,” he said. “But the point is I think government’s core function is not selling alcohol. I think there’s a number of things that can be privatized in state government that the private sector can do better, and if I can create a one-time windfall for transportation maintenance to be able to do something about that and get the government out of that business.” Read the full story
July 27, 2010
Tags: boards, commissions, McDonnell, reform
By Paige Cunningham
Tis the season for filling hundreds of vacated seats on Virginia’s 347 boards and commissions.
This month, Gov. Bob McDonnell appointed or reappointed 113 Virginians to groups like the Milk Commission and the Board of Towing and Recovery Operators after many of the appointments expired on June 30.
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July 08, 2010
Tags: McDonnell, reform, traffic, transportation
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Suggestions to reform Virginia government flowed freely at a Thursday town hall in McLean, but not long enough to fill one-and-a-half hours.
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June 27, 2010
Tags: reform
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
While several oversight agencies already keep their magnifying glasses on Virginia government, Gov.
Bob McDonnell says Virginia needs yet another Sherlock Holmes.
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June 21, 2010
Tags: Bob, commission, government, governor's, McDonnell, reform
By Paige Winfield Cunningham
About 100 proposed-but-never-implemented recommendations for streamlining government are getting a second look by members of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s government reform commission.
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