dcsimg
How Well Does Virginia Fund Its Pensions?

Subscribe to the Latest from VA

The LATEST from VA

    • Stateline Story
    January 11, 2006
    image description

    Virginia State of the Commonwealth Address 2006 (Warner)

    RICHMOND, Va., Jan 11 - Following is the prepared text of Gov. Mark Warner's (D) 2006 State of the Commonwealth address: Good Evening, Mr. Speaker, Governor Kaine, Mr. President pro tem, Members of the General Assembly, Attorney General Jagdmann, Justices of the Supreme Court, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen.

    more

    • Stateline Story
    December 28, 2005
    image description

    Donors Hedge Bets in VA Gov's Race

    Hundreds of campaign donors knew all along that they were backing a winner in this year's race for governor of Virginia. They took no chances with their support, giving money to both Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore and Democratic nominee Tim Kaine.
    more

    • Stateline Story
    November 8, 2005
    image description

    Va. and N.J. Elect New Governors Today

    Election Day sends voters to the polls across nine states. Only Virginia and New Jersey elect governors this year in races being watched for clues to America's partisan mood. The rest of the suspense is over 39 ballot measures in California, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and Washington, along with a judicial contest in Pennsylvania that got caught up in voter outrage over a legislative pay raise.
    more

    • Stateline Story
    November 7, 2005
    image description

    Virginia Elects Kaine Governor

    Stateline.org has compiled a quick guide to issues on the Nov. 8 ballot in Virginia -- with reliable sources to click on for in-depth information. Now updated with election results.
    more

    • Stateline Story
    October 13, 2005
    image description

    Virginia Governor's Race Heats Up in Final Weeks

    RICHMOND, Va. -- Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner's sterling popularity ratings suggest he would have little trouble persuading Virginia voters to give him four more years in the executive mansion. But Virginia is the only state that limits its governors to a single term. Warner's legacy, though, is a central theme in the tight race between Democrat Timothy M. Kaine and Republican Jerry W. Kilgore. more

    • Stateline Story
    August 8, 2005
    image description

    States Ask Hospitals to Come Clean

    Faced with a modern-day medical challenge, states increasingly are taking steps to track the number of patients who acquire serious infections while hospitalized. Eight states -- including four with new laws this year -- now require hospitals to tally their infection rates, amid indications that the cost of these medical complications -- in both dollars and lives -- is mounting.
    more

    • Stateline Story
    July 3, 2005
    image description

    Virginia Governor's Race Pivots on Guns, Executions

    Virginia will choose a new governor this year, but voters in the Old Dominion might well wonder whether they are being asked to pick the next sheriff of Tombstone. Republican candidate Jerry W. Kilgore and Democrat Timothy M. Kaine are tangling over gun rights and the death penalty in a battle for rural voters. more

    • Stateline Story
    May 24, 2005
    image description

    No Clear Favorite Seen in Virginia's Governor's Race

    Virginia and New Jersey are the only states to elect governors in 2005. In the first of two stories, Stateline.org looks at the personalities and policy issues in the race to replace Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D), the only governor in the nation limited to one four-year term. Tomorrow's story will focus on New Jersey.
    more

    • Stateline Story
    February 17, 2005
    image description

    Savior or GOP Traitor? Virginia Lawmaker Dubbed Both

    Virginia state Sen. John H. Chichester has given up his risk-taking hobbies of flying planes and driving motorcycles, but the 67-year-old Republican still plays dangerously when it comes to public policy. His influential role last year in helping Democratic Gov. Mark Warner enact the first major tax increase in Virginia in 40 years has landed Chichester on the cover of a magazine about good government and on a "Least Wanted" poster circulated by anti-tax groups. more

    • Stateline Story
    January 12, 2005
    image description

    Virginia State of the Commonwealth Address 2005

    RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 12 - Following is the prepared text of Gov. Mark Warner's (D) 2005 State of the Commonwealth address: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the General Assembly, ladies and gentlemen: Good evening. Tonight is a time when Virginians come together to celebrate the achievements of the past, a

    more

PCS.PRODUCTION.1.20130430.1315 (PEWSUWVMWAPP01)