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Report: Va. agency should handle rights restoration
RICHMOND More applications for felons’ restoration of voting rights could be processed if a state agency were assigned that duty, says a report commissioned by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli that is to be made public today.
Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. Tesla Motors is fighting a bill in North Carolina that would effectively ban the company from selling its electric cars in the state, pitting it against auto dealers who say the car maker has an unfair advantage selling directly to consumers online.
Prosecutor reviews McDonnell at Cuccinelli’s request
RICHMOND Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has asked a Richmond prosecutor to evaluate Gov. Bob McDonnell's financial disclosure forms as an outgrowth of the scrutiny on gifts to both Republicans.
Prosecutor reviewing McDonnell at Cuccinelli’s request
RICHMOND In addition to requesting a review of his own financial disclosure forms, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has asked a Richmond prosecutor to evaluate Gov. Bob McDonnell's as an outgrowth of the gift scandal linked to both Republican state office holders.
Cuccinelli asks prosecutor to investigate McDonnell
RICHMOND In addition to requesting a review of his own financial disclosure forms, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has asked a Richmond prosecutor to evaluate Gov. Bob McDonnell's as an outgrowth of the gift scandal linked to both Republican state office holders.
Under scrutiny, Va. gov’s mansion a dichotomy
RICHMOND An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal involving two of the state's most powerful politicians has some people wondering: What goes on behind the wide double doors of the governor's house?
Jackson could be gift and curse for GOP, experts say
RICHMOND Until Saturday, E.W. Jackson was known primarily in political circles as a preacher noteworthy for his conservative activism and controversial rhetoric about abortion, gay people, Muslims and Barack Obama.
Cuccinelli’s office: Open gov’t law doesn’t apply to it
The state’s open government law doesn’t apply to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, his office says, elaborating on responses to requests for public records connected with a company whose CEO gave $35,000 in gifts to Cuccinelli and Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Cuccinelli says open gov’t law doesn’t apply to his office
The state’s open government law doesn’t apply to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, his office says, elaborating on responses to requests for public records connected with a company whose CEO gave $35,000 in gifts to Cuccinelli and Gov. Bob McDonnell.
What’s in a name? | Virginia as Old Dominion
Virginia's distinctive nickname, Old Dominion, may have its roots in the beheading of an English king. Then again, maybe not. "While the name clearly refers to Virginia's status as England's oldest colony in the Americas, it is impossible to trace the origins of the term with precision," according to The Hornbook of Virginia History published by The Library of Virginia in 1994.
Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee
RICHMOND Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by acclamation.
Cuccinelli, Obenshain, Jackson are GOP nominees
RICHMOND Virginia Republicans last nominated an African American for statewide office in June 1988, when they picked a minister, Maurice Dawkins of Arlington County, to challenge former Gov. Chuck Robb for U.S. Senate.
