by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Issues, Virginia
By Mike Ludwig The point of carpooling is to save some gas money while reducing traffic congestion and air pollution, but in Virginia, taxpayers could be on the hook when commuters try to do just that. The Australian company Transurban recently teamed up with a...
by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Action Alerts, Coal, Environment, Issues, Virginia
by Mary Anne Hitt Today, Appalachian community leaders are in Washington, D.C., to protest a Virginia coal boondoggle that has set its sights on $2 billion of your federal tax dollars. Mountaintop removal coal mining is already a shocking, devastating, and destructive...
by MCDC | Dec 11, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Lynwood Lewis, a lawyer and Democratic state delegate from Accomack County, makes an economic pitch in his television spot that begins airing Wednesday in Hampton Roads. The ad highlights his work with lawmakers in both parties to promote space launches from...
by MCDC | Dec 8, 2013 | 2016 General Election, Citizens United, Ethics, Issues, Virginia
By Dana Milbank “What you fundamentally need to know about this organization is it’s completely legislator driven,” said senior director of public affairs Bill Meierling. Uh-huh. And ALEC is proving that by keeping reporters from the rooms where the legislators are...
by MCDC | Nov 27, 2013 | Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
via The Washington Post CHARLES E. Judd, the Republican operative who chairs Virginia’s Board of Elections, did a disservice Monday to the state he serves by simultaneously certifying the razor-thin results in the race for attorney general and suggesting,...