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. 

Medicare turns 45 today. Unfortunately, the anniversary has been marked by politicians who want to gut the program to pay for more tax breaks for millionaires and big corporations.

Governor Bob McDonnell is in Vail, CO today, attending a secret conservative conference hosted by two of the biggest right-wing money men in America, the Koch Brothers.