by MCDC | Oct 14, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Carol D. Leonnig A wealthy political donor has told federal prosecutors that he believed that Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell was helping his company get state research funding at the same time the executive was providing McDonnell’s...
by MCDC | Oct 7, 2013 | Opinion, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Given the extreme ideology of the current slate of Tea Party candidates Cuccinelli, Jackson and Obenshain, this letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle is every bit as on point now as it was then.. Feb. 21, 2003 Letter to the Editor “Cider House Rules”...
by MCDC | Oct 3, 2013 | Action Alerts, News, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
From the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee Today the Democratic Party of Virginia released a complaint filed in federal court asking a judge to stop a plan by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in coordination with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli – who has a...
by MCDC | Oct 2, 2013 | Health Care, Issues, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
During this morning’s Attorney General debate with Democratic candidate Mark Herring, Tea Party Republican Mark Obenshain attempted to sidestep his extreme record on women’s reproductive rights because he knows that Virginians simply will not vote in support of...
by MCDC | Oct 1, 2013 | Environment, Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has certified a handful of lawsuits as class actions accusing two energy companies of cheating southwest Virginia residents out of tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for natural gas drilled on their land. The lead attorney...
by MCDC | Sep 30, 2013 | Ethics, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
A state Attorney General’s Office staffer continued to advise energy companies how to fight landowners suing over natural gas royalties for months after the state’s top law office learned of the communications, a Bristol Herald Courier review of the emails shows....
