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.
Click Here to Read Full ArticleAug 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.
Click Here to Read Full ArticleAug 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.”
Click Here to Read Full ArticleAug 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.
Click Here to Read Full ArticleAug 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.
Click Here to Read Full ArticleAug 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.
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