With all the hubbub and activity at the Grand American hotel in Salt Lake City last week, you’d be forgiven for thinking ALEC would have had the Utah stage to themselves. Well, not quite. Even conservative Utah has some issues with ALEC’s corporate agenda. Alliance for a Better Utah, the Utah version of ProgressVA, coordinated […]

First, the Richmond Times Dispatch busted George Allen for making up his list of Tea Party endorsements (and some Tea Party organizations!) Now, American Bridge passes along that those photos of “supporters” on his website are fake too. Here’s a stock photo of random people (click on the image for a larger version): And here’s […]

The National Education Association has released a great ad in support of President Obama’s American Jobs Act, highlighting the investments the legislation would make in education. If you live in the Richmond or DC media markets, this ad is coming to a tv near you: As we told you last week, the jobs plan would […]

Wednesday evening, over 200 folks showed up at the Holiday Inn in Midlothian, hoping to speak with Eric Cantor about our country’s job crisis at his closed “Advisory Council” campaign event. Instead, hotel management evicted the group from the premises and called the Chesterfield Police Department to ensure none of the group returned to the […]

  Washington Post: Washington loses more jobs than it gained, June report shows Richmond Times Dispatch: Richmond area unemployment rate rises to 7.1% Virginian-Pilot: Jobless rate in Hampton Roads climbs to 7% Daily Progress: Area jobless rates all rise News Leader: Area unemployment rose in June Register Bee: Danville area unemployment ticks up Martinsville Bulletin: Jobless rates […]

Today’s Roanoke Times editorial lays out the consequences of partisan gerrymandering redistricting. Simply put, when legislators choose their own constituents, they “carve the country into a collection of safe congressional districts ruled by extremists.” One need only look to the current game playing in Washington to see the results of this rule by extremists: Eric Cantor […]

George Allen continues to risk Virginia’s credit rating and economic security for thousands of his constituents, even as GOP Governor Bob McDonnell joins the chorus telling Republicans in Congress to compromise: “There’s got to be a compromise, I’m not going to tell them how to do it. I’d suggest they try spending cuts – everybody […]

Virginia has a surplus, so why are we cutting funds from public safety and public health programs? According to Governor McDonnell’s most recent estimate, the state’s surplus this year is estimated to be $200 million. But, as a story in today’s Lynchburg News & Advance illustrates, localities aren’t benefitting from the boost in state coffers. […]

  George Allen continued his “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” campaign tour on Wednesday, speaking with a military parent about properly equipping our men and women in the armed forces. Allen said it was “deplorable” that this soldier’s family had to provide him with necessary equipment the government refused to pay for. That would be […]

We’re only halfway through the year, and already Governor McDonnell has accepted over $350,000 from the coal industry.