Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thanks to a neighbor for scouring the Internet to find the City of Newport News fiscal year 2011 budget. City officials in Newport News have kept their vision for its citizens and tourists. They successfully run Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run. The fund breaks even as best as I can read this. CLICK on the images twice to enlarge.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Tom Perriello 5th district congressman is not gaining ground against his Republican opponent Robert Hurt. Perriello’s slim victory against Virgil Goode in 2008 looks to turn into a not so narrow loss in 2010. The latest poll conducted by WDBJ7 shows Perriello trailing Hurt 61% to 35%. No improvement over a previous poll. Though Perriello pulled from [...]
Thursday, September 2, 2010
UPDATE Sept. 2, 9:52 p.m. tweet from @KenCuccinelli Awesome day with two townhall mtgs (abingdon+rocky mount) on electric rates + cap and trade; then helping HURT periello! After clearly stating that his town halls were not political (see Joe Dashiell’s WDBJ7 report CLICK HERE) Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli tweets this … so what did he [...]
Monday, August 30, 2010
RICHMOND (August 30, 2010) – An Albemarle County Circuit Court judge issued his ruling today in the case of the University of Virginia’s petition to set aside the civil investigative demands (CID) issued to it by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. “While this was not an outright ruling in our favor, I am pleased that the [...]
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
RICHMOND (August 23, 2010) – Statement from the Office of the Attorney General, attributable to Brian Gottstein, director of communication: Sen. Ralph Smith and Del. Robert Marshall requested the attorney general’s official legal opinion regarding whether the commonwealth can regulate facilities that provide first trimester abortions as well as the medical personnel who perform them. [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
RICHMOND-Governor Bob McDonnell Monday announced the members of his Virginia Health Reform Initiative Advisory Council. This Council will provide recommendations to the Governor towards a comprehensive strategy for implementing health reform in Virginia. The Advisory Council will go beyond federal health reform and recommend other innovative healthcare solutions that meet the needs of Virginia’s citizens [...]
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Lt. Governor Bill Bolling hoped that the light at the end of the tunnel for Virginia’s economy was not a train. That train could come in the form of a “double-dip” recession. Monday morning the Lt. Governor heard concerns and appreciation for the improvements to Virginia’s business climate. Bolling met with the Roanoke Regional Partnership [...]
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Memorandum of Agreement Would Allow Certain Virginia State Police Officers to Perform Limited Functions of an Immigration Officer RICHMOND – After months of discussions, Governor Bob McDonnell has formally requested that the Department of Homeland Security enter into a 287(g) agreement with the Virginia Department of State Police allowing certain Virginia troopers to perform certain [...]
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Governor Bob McDonnell arrived at Steel Dynamics at noon on Wednesday. Steel Dynamics Vice President and General Manager Joe Crawford and Charles Hunter Chair of the Roanoke Economic Development Authority and Dennis Cronk CEO of Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group greeted the governor. Vice-Mayor David Trinkle introduced Governor McDonnell and touted Roanoke’s two exiting [...]
Monday, August 2, 2010
Richmond (August 2, 2010) – (SEE VIDEO BELOW) A federal judge ruled today that Virginia does indeed have standing to bring its lawsuit seeking to invalidate the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The judge also ruled that Virginia had stated a legally sufficient claim in its complaint. In doing so, federal district court [...]
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Wednesday, July 28 - Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced his intentions to donate $55,500 to veterans’ charities around the Commonwealth. The funds were originally donated to the Ken Cuccinelli for Attorney General Campaign in the summer and fall of 2009 by Bobby Thompson. In recent months, Thompson and a charity he directs, the United [...]
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
RICHMOND (July 28, 2010) – Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following statement regarding today’s ruling by Judge Susan Bolton in the case of United States of America v. State of Arizona, et al.: “My office is currently reviewing Judge Bolton’s 36-page order regarding the United States’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction against Arizona’s [...]
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Cuccinelli in a press release says he will protect Virginia’s right to enforce federal immigration laws. RICHMOND (July 14, 2010) – Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that he has joined a coalition of nine states filing an amicus brief in federal court supporting Arizona’s new immigration reform law. Arizona’s law is the subject of [...]
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
RICHMOND- United States Attorney General Eric Holder has responded favorably to Governor Bob McDonnell’s request to deny previous Governor Tim Kaine’s authorization for the transfer of convicted murderer Jens Soering to Germany. In his letter to the Governor dated yesterday, Holder writes, “You should be assured that it is the position of the United States [...]
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
A decision is expected in thirty days on the federal government’s motion to dismiss Virginia’s healthcare lawsuit. The case was argued by E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Solicitor General of Virginia in Federal District Court today. The argument to dismiss the lawsuit stemmed from the federal government’s contention that Virginia did not have the standing to [...]
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