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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. boat bill: More than just a tax cut for the rich?
Is it more a tax cut for rich yachtsmen or a jobs-booster for Virginia's marinas? Those are the questions behind a new bill filed by Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland), who wants to allow counties to cap personal property taxes...
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Peter Galuszka
| February 14, 2011; 4:38 PM ET |
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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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Is there a Tea Party urbanism?
Many conservatives, especially Tea Party conservatives, strongly believe in removing powers and taxes from the federal government and transferring power to states and localities. At the moment, this view has strong support in Congress, especially the Republican-controlled House of...
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David Alpert
| February 9, 2011; 11:59 AM ET |
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Rough waters for George Allen
It's no surprise that George Allen wants his Senate seat back. The question for him is whether he understands how much the political landscape has changed in Virginia since his disastrous reelection run in 2006. Republican insiders say that...
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Peter Galuszka
| January 26, 2011; 12:35 PM ET |
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Getting Virginia out of a jam
The Jan. 16 Metro article on Virginia’s transportation problems, “N. Va. likely to be stuck a bit longer,” noted that the state has gone 25 years without raising its fuel tax of 17.5 cents a gallon. Our legislators’ obsession about...
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Ron Glaser, Haymarket
| January 19, 2011; 4:59 PM ET |
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