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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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Is Webb's departure such a disaster for Democrats?
Jim Webb's long-awaited and unsurprising announcement that he will not seek reelection as U.S. senator from Virginia has the blogosphere buzzing about who's in, who's out and whose bench is simply too small. There seem to be a number...
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Peter Galuszka
| February 10, 2011; 11:33 AM ET |
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HotTopic, Local blog network, Prince William County, Va. Politics, Virginia, economy, education, energy, environment, guns, media, military, taxes, traffic, transportation
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Cantor the hawk -- except in his own back yard
The Jan. 24 front-page story "Obama and GOP clash on spending" reported that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and leaders in his chamber "plan to immediately pursue the deep cuts they promised in last fall's campaign." Mr. Cantor added...
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Patrick Dozier, Washington
| January 26, 2011; 6:34 PM ET |
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Clearing hurdles to help wounded troops
I read with great interest Ann Scott Tyson’s Jan. 9 Metro story about the difficulties encountered by the charity called Troops Need You [“Despite red tape, group helps veterans’ families”]. Our experience has been different from that cited. Yes, there...
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Janet R. Southby, Washington
| January 14, 2011; 6:27 PM ET |
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Toll mania in Hampton Roads?
Virginia's skin-flint nature has always called for tolls on roads. Now proposals to solve Hampton Roads' special transportation problems could mean more tolls than residents ever imagined possible. Virginia's road and bridge needs total some $100 billion, and the...
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Peter Galuszka
| December 8, 2010; 9:49 AM ET |
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Chesapeake Bay, HotTopic, Local blog network, Va. Politics, development, economy, energy, environment, military, real estate, recreation, taxes, traffic, transportation, wildlife
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A business-friendlier Virginia, no matter the cost?
The Old Dominion usually ranks in the top four in the usual business media listings of the most business-friendly, tax-easy, anti-labor-union states. Yet, some politicians are so conservative that they want to squeeze even more blood from a rock....
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Peter Galuszka
| November 15, 2010; 11:05 AM ET |
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