Virginia’s middling business tax climate
The commonwealth is often touted as the best state for doing business in the country. But according to the Tax…
LaHood comes to Richmond touting road repairs — Cantor offers a way to pay for it
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will be in Richmond this afternoon for a photo-op and discussion of how the feds, the…
Congress looking to put penalties on state and local governments that usurp private property rights
As the proposed constitutional amendment to further strengthen Virginia’s private property rights moves toward its first legislative hearings of the…
Putney’s tax hike set to get the ax
In other news unrelated to the State of the Union… Del. Lacey Putney has proposed a bill that would increase…
Excerpts from the State of the Union address
Via the New York Times come a few gems from the President’s State of the Union address. While these affairs…
The wages of a split Senate
Virginia’s Senate Democrats threw a tantrum today, blocking all business in the upper chamber over a dispute on judicial elections….
Warren Buffett: the big winner of Obama’s Keystone decision
I wrote about it last night, but the story of how Obama crony Warren Buffett and his Burlington Northern railroad…
Kaine’s promise to look forward is an attempt to ignore his past
In this promotional video from Tim Kaine’s campaign, the candidate makes us a few promises: He intends to run a…
Allen ties Kaine to Keystone pipeline decision. But the oil will still find a way to market
George Allen’s Senate campaign has a new ad out on the President’s decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline, and…
Absentee voting about to start, as is action on a bill to allow presidential primary write-ins
The WaPo’s Anita Kumar reminds us that voting for Virginia’s presidential primary gets underway this weekend, at least for those…