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July 11, 2008

Kaine, Republicans blame each other
Kaine, Republicans blame each other

Wednesday’s reconvened special session on transportation featured plenty of legislative drama—fiery speeches, parliamentary gamesmanship and partisan jousting.


July 10, 2008

Kaine praises land conservation
Kaine praises land conservation

Visiting Beaver Creek Reservoir, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine praised Albemarle County on Thursday for its conservation of farmland and forests.

Governor blasts GOP lawmakers
Governor blasts GOP lawmakers

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine blasted GOP lawmakers in the House of Delegates during a visit to Crozet on Thursday morning, blaming them for the General Assembly’s failure to produce any new money for transportation.


June 24, 2008

Kaine awards grants to homeless shelters

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced today that Virginia is awarding $8.7 million in grants to homeless shelters around the state.


June 23, 2008

Va. says groom and ‘bride’ decieved local officals

The couple walked into a Norfolk courthouse on a spring day, exchanged a few words, and within 10 minutes, were seemingly husband and wife.


June 19, 2008

Panel cuts road projects; Kaine’s fixes due
Panel cuts road projects; Kaine’s fixes due

With lawmakers returning Monday to consider transportation funding, the state’s highway planning panel cut hundreds of new projects for lack of money Thursday.


June 09, 2008

Va. governor grants clemency day before execution

Governor Timothy Kaine has commuted the sentence of a death row inmate with a history of mental issues to life in prison.

2 GOP former lawmakers back Warner

Two Republicans who last year headed state government’s budget-writing committees endorsed Democrat Mark Warner for Senate on Monday.


June 05, 2008

First Warner-Gilmore clash set

They were back-to-back governors from different parties. They don’t like each other.


June 02, 2008

Virginia AG to seek full hearing on abortion ruling

Virginia’s attorney general is headed to a federal appeals court in Richmond to seek another hearing on a state law on late-term abortions.


May 31, 2008

State’s economy to stay strong, Kaine predicts
State’s economy to stay strong, Kaine predicts

Virginia’s economy has slowed down significantly, but it continues to grow, according to Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.


May 30, 2008

VP Kaine?
VP Kaine?

If asked to serve as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s running mate, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Friday that he would have a “hard time” saying no.

Kaine touts transportation proposal
Kaine touts transportation proposal

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has a message for critics of his proposed $1.1 billion transportation plan: If you don’t like it, come up with a better idea.


May 29, 2008

Immigrant groups seek funding for support centers

Immigrant groups and officials from Maryland and Virginia are seeking $15 million to help hundreds of thousands of eligible area immigrants become citizens.


May 12, 2008

Kaine will seek tax increases for roads

Governor Tim Kaine says he will ask lawmakers to boost the titling tax on car sales and car registration fees statewide for road upkeep.


May 07, 2008

Kaine sets roads session for June 23
Kaine sets roads session for June 23

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is calling the General Assembly into special session beginning June 23 to consider a new transportation funding package, legislators said Wednesday.


May 01, 2008

Harris takes name out of attorney general race

Local blogger and former Daily Progress political reporter Bob Gibson tells us that Paul Harris, a Northern Virginia Republican who served two terms in the House of Delegates from Albemarle County until 2001, has decided not to run for attorney general next year.


April 23, 2008

Danville, Lynchburg cling to U.S. 29 bypass hopes

The No. 1 transportation priority of the business communities in Danville and Lynchburg is a 5.5-mile bypass around Charlottesville’s heavily traveled stretch of U.S. 29.


March 24, 2008

Bolling will not seek governorship

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling said Monday that he wants to stay in his job four years longer and is giving up stated plans to run for governor in 2009.
Bolling’s decision gives Attorney General Bob McDonnell a seemingly clear shot at the GOP nomination next year while Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath County, and Del. Brian J. Moran, D-Alexandria, vie for the Democratic Party’s nod.

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