May 17, 2012Chap Petersen will not run for governor
Virginia state Sen.Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) said Thursday that he has decided against running for governor or attorney general next year.
In March, Petersen announced the creation of a leadership PAC and said he intended to run for statewide office. But he remained coy about whether he would...
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May 16, 2012Fairfax County now has 10 companies on Fortune 500 list
In the running cross-border rivalry between Maryland and Virginia, Fortune magazine has just added another 500 points to the Old Dominion’s score.
The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority was spreading the word Wednesday that the county can now boast of 10 companies on the annual...
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May 16, 2012Bob McDonnell evolves on gay judges
President Obama is not the only politician evolving on gay rights.
Consider Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R), who issued a statement this week calling for the separation of judiciary and sexuality.
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May 16, 2012Flabby? Cuccinelli’s Skechers suit has your backside
Virginia’s thighs and backsides aren’t what they should be, and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II is doing something about it.
Cuccinelli announced Wednesday that the commonwealth had settled a lawsuit against Skechers USA, whose rocker-bottom shoes had promised to help wearers...
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May 16, 2012Fairfax County wants volunteers to write more parking tickets
Revenue-hungry Fairfax County is thinking about expanding the use of volunteers to write parking tickets after a five-year decline in the number of citations issued and amount of revenue collected.
The Board of Supervisors’ auditor of the board made the recommendation in a draft report that...
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Apr 25, 2008Wash Post: Contenders Reach to Left in House Race
In a matter of months, Northern Virginia's 11th Congressional District has morphed from the home court of popular Republican Tom Davis to a left-leaning battleground in which two major Democratic candidates are spending most of their time trying to outdo each other's liberal credentials.
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