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No union rights? Virginians are used to it
Wisconsin Republicans have scored a big victory in their fight against collective bargaining for public employees. In Virginia, however, teachers, police, firemen and other public service workers have long done without the right that public workers in 47 other...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 10, 2011; 6:42 AM ET |
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Va. Politics, Virginia, arts, child services, day care, economy, education, history, schools, taxes
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The Tea Party vs. smart growth
The Tea Party movement in Virginia has a new whipping boy: smart growth. One focus is Chesterfield County, the largest suburban area in the Richmond region, which has been beset with the woes of overbuilding and lax oversight for...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 7, 2011; 2:48 PM ET |
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HotTopic, Local blog network, Prince William County, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, education, energy, environment, guns, housing, police, real estate, schools, transportation
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Whose defense job gets cut?
With the federal budget being hotly contested, one wonders how many job cuts, especially in the defense sector, will be made across the region and which politician will get blamed for them. By one account, nearly 20,000 Virginia jobs...
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Peter Galuszka
| March 4, 2011; 2:37 PM ET |
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D.C., Maryland, Va. Politics, Virginia, development, economy, guns, military
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An experiment in urbanism
Have you ever looked at a storefront that's been empty a long time and wondered why it couldn't be filled, at least temporarily, by a small local business? After all, nobody benefits when a storefront sits empty too long....
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Dan Malouff
| March 4, 2011; 11:16 AM ET |
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D.C., Local blog network, economy
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One last Valentine's Day at Tony's Place
“You are special,” Tony Boudouvas growled to one of his regulars this Feb. 14. It was the final of 33 Valentine’s Days at Tony’s Place, and noontime was a flood of humanity at the corner shack of 20th and I...
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Chris Earnshaw, Washington
| February 26, 2011; 8:07 AM ET |
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Hold Wal-Mart to its promises in D.C.
Regarding the Feb. 14 editorial "The Wal-Mart opportunity": It's clear that Wal-Mart's "carefully orchestrated campaign to win support and disarm critics" has succeeded with The Post. How else to explain the editorial board arguing that Wal-Mart shouldn't be expected to...
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Keith Silver, Washington
| February 21, 2011; 7:16 PM ET |
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D.C., D.C. politics, HotTopic, development, economy, real estate
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