FBI Probes Virginia Governor

McDonnell says that he is “undecided” on whether or not Virginia’s notoriously weak ethics and disclosure laws need to be reformed. FBI Inquiry Into Ties To Donor Clouds Virginia Governor’s Future By WILLIAM SELWAY Bloomberg Star Scientific Inc....

FBI Looks Into Va. Gov’s Link To Donor

“The governor can kiss his 2016 hopes goodbye” By BOB LEWIS Associated Press The FBI has begun examining the relationship between Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen and the chief executive of a nutritional supplements manufacturer that is the...

Daily Kos: Tom Farrell’s nuclear fantasy

Tom Farrell’s nuclear fantasy Tom Farrell doesn’t get it. Dominion Power, the utility of which he is CEO, has been all about building natural gas plants for the past couple of years, as it rushes to take advantage of cheap fracked gas. Out with the aging coal...

Voter Suppression, Virginia-Style

“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” — Henry A. Kissinger, US Secretary of State, March 10, 1975. RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia law will require all voters to have photo IDs beginning next year. Gov. Bob McDonnell...