VA: ‘Overlooked’ south eager to get out the vote
Virginia’s unemployment rate is 5.7 percent, but the rates in some southern counties are 10 percent or higher. By Carten Cordell and Katie Watson | Virginia Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — The U.S. Senate...
View ArticleVA: Week in Review — Crippled coal, political professors and the MWAA
Virginia flag By Virginia Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — The coal industry may take a hit, university professors are making it rain on one lucky side of the aisle, and George Allen is looking to do his best...
View ArticleVA: University faculty, staff overwhelmingly donate to Obama
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Watchdog Faculty and staff members at Virginia’s public universities have overwhelmingly given to President Barack Obama over presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt...
View ArticleVA: Farm fight in Fauquier gets personal as protesters target official
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Watchdog Farmers and small-government advocates flocked to a Fauquier County administration building Thursday to show their support for local farmer Martha Boneta....
View ArticleVideo: Watchdog.org news update 8-01-12
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View ArticleVA: Experts link college administrative growth to subsidies
By Kathryn Watson – Virginia Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — Virginia’s increasingly pricey colleges and universitiesare pumping more and more into administration, and some experts say government subsidies are...
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View ArticleVA: Sales tax holidays are ‘political gimmicks,’ and VA leads the way
Joseph Henchman, Tax Foundation author of a report on sales tax holidays By Kathryn Watson – Virginia Watchdog ALEXANDRIA—Parents and their school-age munchkins will stampede Virginia Walmarts and...
View ArticleVA Week in Review: All eyes on November; not necessarily on attacks ads
Virginia flag By Kathryn Watson ALEXANDRIA — As eyes turn toward November, young people pitch in to rev up the GOP fight, campaigns hone in on “battleground” counties and Republicans fault federal law...
View ArticleVA: ‘Crescent’ counties hold key to Virginia’s presidential election
By Kenric Ward | Virginia Watchdog FREDERICKSBURG — A handful of counties are likely to determine the outcome of the presidential election in Virginia. Loudon County is among a handful of counties in...
View ArticlePA: Keystone State has no plans to remove noncitizens from voter rolls
By Jared Sichel | PA Independent Pennsylvania election officials do not plan to seek access to a federal database that would help them identify legal noncitizens who have illegally registered to vote....
View ArticleVA: Kaine, Allen PACs report modest gains
By Carten Cordell | Virginia Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — If politics were a horoscope, 2012 would be Year of the Super PAC. Able to solicit unlimited donations from corporations, unions and individuals, the...
View ArticleVideo: Watchdog.org News Update 7-23-12
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View ArticleVA: Experts blame federal aid for ballooning college costs
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Watchdog Many critics argue that the cost to attend colleges and universities is rising, in part, because of financial aid from the government. ALEXANDRIA — As proud...
View ArticleWeek in Review: VA waist deep in pension, metro woes
By Kathryn Watson | Old Dominion Watchdog ALEXANDRIA — The debate over the controversial Silver Line Metro continued this week, with overseeing agency the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority...
View ArticlePension study finds VA below national average for contributions
By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Contributions to the Virginia Retirement System are likely to fall well below the national average for 2011, according to a Boston College...
View Article‘Oversight’ leads to $28.7M VA pension system error
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — An "oversight" by a state contractor cost the Virginia Retirement System $28.7 million and now 129,000 retired public employees likely will...
View ArticleVA vets get new ID cards
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled a new veterans ID card that gives Virginia’s veterans access to discounts at state parks, stores, restaurants and...
View ArticleVA high school ranks top 10 in nation
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — With an average SAT score of 2,200 and a 100 percent graduate rate, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology here ranked No. 10...
View ArticleLibertarians’ lawsuit may sting Virginia GOP
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — A lawsuit to allow easier signature-gathering for the Libertarian Party could cause Virginia Republicans a big headache in November by putting a...
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