Mar 31, 2010
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell traveled to the Center for Innovative Technology and the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s base in Herndon Tuesday to sign several bills passed by Virginia lawmakers as part of the Governor’s “Jobs and Opportunity” legislation package.
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Republican and Democratic legislators joined Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) this afternoon in Northern Virginia as he signed a package of bills designed to create jobs and spur economic development.
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is calling for his counterparts in Maryland and the District to help improve Metro safety in the wake of a crushing federal audit that highlighted problems between the transit system and its oversight agency.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is opening his home and inaugural committee’s checkbook for Richmond’s fledgling Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts.
The governor, a staunch supporter of public charter schools who has made enhancing the application process a marquee issue this year, plans to donate $25,000 to the school from surplus inaugural funds, in addition to hosting a reception tonight at the Executive Mansion for high-dollar supporters of the school.
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RICHMOND—Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell will soon launch an aggressive initiative to reshape and shrink state government, an attempt to make good on one of his signature campaign promises and leave a lasting mark on the state.
As soon as this week, McDonnell (R) will name a team of 25 advisers that will spend months searching for ways to shave hundreds of millions of dollars from the state budget and make government more user-friendly.
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Can states balance their budgets without tax increases? America's two newest governors are giving it a valiant try that deserves attention as they cope with record deficits and a slow economic recovery.Mar 24, 2010
Governor Bob McDonnell (R) signed Virginia’s opposition to the Democratically led federal health care reform bill Wednesday afternoon.
The governor put his signature on the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act at a ceremony in Richmond. State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, State Senators Steve Martin, Fred Quayle, Jill Vogel, Delegate Bob Marshall, and Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources Dr. Bill Hazel all took part in the event.
Mar 22, 2010
Gov. Bob McDonnell is pivoting from his slalom run through the cash-bleeding budget to a more deliberate path, looking for a way to leave his imprint by reshaping—and shrinking—state government.
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Governor Bob McDonnell was on hand Wednesday morning to cut the ribbon on a newly reopened rest stop in Virginia. He and other local and state dignitaries gathered at the rest stop along I-85 in Dinwiddie.
The Governor is reversing the measure put in place by former Governor Kaine. He closed 19 interstate rest stops throughout Virginia because of budget cuts. McDonnell said repeatedly during his campaign for Governor he was going to reopen them.
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is claiming an 80 percent success rate in his first legislative session. With the budget crisis resolved, he now will turn to other substantial challenges facing his administration.
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