McDonnell Announces Microsoft to Locate Major Data Center in Mecklenburg

Aug 27, 2010

Governor Bob McDonnell announced today that Microsoft Corp. will invest up to $499 million to locate their latest generation data center (Gen4) in Mecklenburg County, in what will be the largest economic investment in Southern Virginia history.

Virginia Is for Surplus

Aug 24, 2010

Here’s something you don’t see often these days: a government running a budget surplus. Governor Robert McDonnell announced last week that Virginia closed fiscal 2010 some $400 million in the black. That’s a radically improved financial picture from a year ago when the state faced a $4.2 billion two-year budget hole.

McDonnell to state lawmakers: ‘Budget conservatively’ despite surplus

Aug 19, 2010

Gov. Bob McDonnell told state lawmakers this morning that Virginia finished the last fiscal year with a surplus of $403.2 million, but cautioned that the state must continue to “budget conservatively going forward.”

Virginia budget surplus grows to $400 million

Aug 19, 2010

Sweeping the corners of the state’s cash drawer, the McDonnell administration has found an additional $174 million—pushing to about $400 million the leftover funds possibly available for recession-wracked programs.

Privatizing Virginia liquor stores makes sense

Aug 18, 2010

When I first heard Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell boast that by privatizing the state’s liquor system he could generate the same amount of revenue and raise $500 million from auctioning off liquor licenses while holding liquor prices where they are now, I assumed this was just a free-market conservative peddling another cockamamie scheme for spinning straw into gold.

McDonnell becomes big draw for GOP candidates

Aug 16, 2010

Potential presidential candidates like Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney have grabbed headlines this year for handing out pivotal endorsements in key midterm races, but Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has quietly become one of the most sought after attractions on the GOP money circuit.

Governor McDonnell Announces Statewide Town Hall Tour

Jul 29, 2010

Governor Bob McDonnell will hit the road in August to hold eight town hall meetings around the Commonwealth.

64% in Virginia Approve of Governor McDonnell’s Performance

Jul 27, 2010

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Virginia voters continue to approve of the job new Governor Bob McDonnell is doing, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. That includes 29% who Strongly Approve.

Virginia Conquers Budget Deficit With Common Sense Solutions

Jul 15, 2010

This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” July 14, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: So with three months remaining on the budget calendar, the Obama administration has announced that the federal deficit has reached the $1 trillion mark for the second straight year. And don’t expect things to change in 2011. According to the Treasury Department, the deficit will remain $1 trillion next year, as well.

Cal Thomas: Have we the will to cut spending?

Jul 15, 2010

A gloomy picture of the economy was painted last weekend by the co-chairmen of President Obama’s Debt and Deficit Commission when they appeared at the closing session of the National Governors Association meeting in Boston. Former Wyoming Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, former White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, called the current budgetary trends a cancer “that will destroy the country from within” unless checked by tough action in Washington.