VA localities raise taxes to pay for state-ordered pay hikes
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — Taxpayers in some Virginia counties and cities are paying for raises going to public employees. Appomattox County taxpayers must foot a...
View ArticleVA gov seeks more money to spur job growth
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to spur job growth by pumping up funding for biological and medical research, movie making and high-tech development....
View ArticleHouse strikes literacy reporting requirements
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News ALEXANDRIA — The choice came down to people or paperwork — and the people won. The Virginia House of Delegates on Monday approved Gov. Bob McDonnell's...
View ArticleVirginia lawmakers OK life sciences, movie-making
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News RICHMOND — The General Assembly on Monday passed three key amendments offered by Gov. Bob McDonnell that restore economic development funding left out of the...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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VA: 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...
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VA: 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...
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PA: 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....
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VA: ‘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...
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VA 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...
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VA: 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...
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VA: 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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