Federal shutdown hits bitter Virginia governor's race
By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government shutdown spilled on Tuesday into the bitter governor's race in Virginia, where Republican Ken Cuccinelli hopes to avoid political damage...
View ArticleMcAuliffe: House GOP rebuffed offer of tax cut for Medicaid expansion
Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a high-powered group of health-care advocates last week that House Republicans had rejected a suggestion to tie a business tax cut to an expansion of health insurance coverage...
View ArticleFor McAuliffe, question is: Bold or cautious on Medicaid expansion
When Gov. Terry McAuliffe announces how he intends to use his executive powers to expand health care coverage for Virginia's poor, it looks as if he's more likely to step cautiously than...
View ArticleWealthy Virginia among least generous on Medicaid
Virginia is the wealthiest state to say no to expanding health insurance for the poor while the benefits it offers through its Medicaid program are lower than all but a handful of states. Low-income...
View ArticleUkraine dominates Senate defense budget hearing
WASHINGTON — Top Defense Department leaders appeared Wednesday before Congress to lay out the military’s plans to weather defense budget cuts, but the Russian incursion into Ukraine loomed over the...
View ArticleReader feedback Sept. 12: Speaker removed from Hampton City Council, public...
Repeat speaker removed from Hampton City Council meeting Former Hampton school board candidate David Dietrich was removed from the Hampton City Council meeting Wednesday by security and Police Chief...
View ArticleCuccinelli teams with Paul Ryan to rip new health-care law
Virginia’s Republican candidate for governor, Ken Cuccinelli II, sought to make up lost ground in his campaign on Tuesday by again spotlighting the bug-filled launch of Obamacare and teaming with a...
View ArticleMedicaid motivates election choice
Last month, I attended the annual Olde Salem Days arts and crafts festival in my hometown so that I could pass out information about Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. At the same...
View ArticleCongress skeptical about plan to shrink military
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s push for a smaller, nimbler military must now face the scrutiny of a Congress that has spent years battling the Pentagon’s vision for a new security strategy....
View ArticleVirginia leaders on guard against aircraft carrier budget cuts
Virginia's congressional leaders are keeping their ear to the ground when it comes to aircraft carriers, concerned that Washington budget-cutters might want to scale back the size of the fleet. Again....
View ArticleVirginians like McAuliffe's work, not legislature's, poll reports
More Virginians than not like the way Terry McAuliffe is doing his job as governor, but that's not the case for the General Assembly, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds. The poll reported 44...
View ArticleHitting the trail for Medicaid expansion
FISHERSVILLE — Most Virginia politicians are bemoaning the impasse over Medicaid expansion — but some are starting to go to the voters. Gov. Terry McAuliffe is one, promising to hit the road for the...
View ArticleIn final Virginia governor debate, Ken Cuccinelli hits Terry McAuliffe hard
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View ArticleFeedback for Saturday, Feb. 23
Obama's visit confirmedas potential cuts loom The White House confirmed Barack Obama's planned Tuesday visit to Newport News Shipbuilding, where the president will discuss potentially deep cuts to...
View ArticleIn Virginia, Cuccinelli Makes a Conservative Case for Governor
One way to think of the Republican candidate for governor of Virginia is as Son of Santorum. Ken Cuccinelli, the Commonwealth’s attorney general and presumptive Republican gubernatorial nominee, holds...
View ArticleIn Norfolk, McAuliffe says door-knocking is key to election win | With Videos
Taking a mid-afternoon break on perhaps the busiest door-knocking day of the campaign, about 50 Democratic Party volunteers heard their gubernatorial candidate's update on his campaign's efforts to...
View ArticleFeedback for Saturday, March 22
High-speed rail could link Norfolk to Washington A proposed high-speed rail route from Norfolk to Washington might include a spur linking it to the Peninsula by way of James City County. The Hampton...
View ArticleNaval Weapons Station Yorktown in line for funding
The 2015 Defense Department budget introduced Tuesday sets aside nearly $49 million for a new complex at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, the largest single appropriation for a military construction...
View ArticleMcAuliffe says Hampton Roads is top transportation priority
VIRGINIA BEACH — Getting traffic and port traffic moving more freely through Hampton Roads will be Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe's top transportation goal, he told the annual meeting of the Hampton Roads...
View ArticleVirginia's way forward
Editor's note: Medicaid expansion represents the most significant issue facing the General Assembly this year. This week, the Daily Press has examined the topic in a four-part editorial series. We...
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