David Sherfinski

McDonnell: ‘The next 12 hours are going to be very, very bad for Virginians’

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Saturday said that residents should not relax despite Hurricane Irene being downgraded from a Category 2 to a Category 1 storm.

August 27, 2011

Virginia issues long-awaited regulations for abortion clinics

Pro-choice groups say recently released draft regulations governing abortion clinics in Virginia would be the most stringent such measures in the country and are part of a politically motivated plot to undermine the rights of women to access abortions.

August 26, 2011

McDonnell: Tomorrow will be ‘too late’ to prepare for Irene

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell briefed state legislators on a conference call Friday morning and was planning to visit emergency operations centers in Hampton, Virginia Beach and Norfolk Friday afternoon in preparation for Hurricane Irene.

August 26, 2011

UVa. turns over FOIA-requested climate-change papers to critics

A conservative group seeking documents related to former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann has received records from the school Thursday in the wake of a judge's order but remained mum as to what information they contained.

August 25, 2011

Va. health department to release abortion-clinic regulations

Pro-choice advocates say that they hope draft regulations from the Virginia Department of Health that impose hospitallike standards on the state's abortion clinics will not end up restricting access for women seeking abortions in the state.

August 25, 2011

McDonnell declares Va. state of emergency ahead of Irene

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Thursday declared a state of emergency in preparation for Hurricane Irene, which could hit Virginia's coast this weekend.

August 25, 2011

Va. GOP ‘euphoric’ at Senate takeover prospects

A day after statewide primaries set the stage for the fall elections, Republican leaders touted their candidates and their party's chances of retaking the state Senate and gaining unfettered control of Virginia government for the first time in 10 years.

August 24, 2011

McDonnell, Cantor tour quake-damaged sites

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Wednesday toured damaged areas at the epicenter of Tuesday's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, walking through Louisa County High School and assessing a local supermarket in Mineral, Va.

August 24, 2011

Favola wins primary for state Senate seat in Northern Virginia

Virginia state Senate candidate Barbara Favola cruised to a Democratic primary victory Tuesday on an election day marked by light turnout and overshadowed by an earthquake that jarred the eastern United States.

August 23, 2011

Turnout likely to be light in Virginia primaries

In sleepy late August, politics is far from the minds of many residents of the D.C. area. But Virginia voters will nonetheless head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections to select candidates in November's General Assembly races.

August 22, 2011

College chancellor resigns after scandalous photos

The chancellor of a Northern Virginia for-profit college recently raided by federal immigration authorities has resigned, after pictures of him posted on an S & M website were unearthed by thesmokinggun.com and picked up by The Daily Mail.

August 22, 2011

Virginia faces more borrowing to cover jobless aid

Virginia may have finished the past fiscal year with a $545 million surplus, but the state will likely have to borrow an additional $251 million between next month and April 2013 to repay the federal government for loans to its unemployment insurance trust fund, which remains underwater for the second consecutive year.

August 21, 2011

Virginia, Maryland leaders divided by more than just a river

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley sparred Sunday for the first time as leaders of their respective parties' governors associations, drawing clear lines in the sand on federal spending, job growth and President Obama's performance on the economy.

August 21, 2011

McDonnell-O’Malley spar on fed spending, job growth

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley sparred Sunday for the first time as leaders of their respective parties' governors associations, drawing clear lines in the sand on federal spending, job growth and President Barack Obama's performance on the economy.

August 21, 2011

Virginia faces more borrowing to cover unemployment tab

Virginia may have finished the last fiscal year with a $545 million surplus, but the state will likely have to borrow an additional $251 million between September and April 2013 to pay back the federal government for loans to its unemployment insurance trust fund — which remains underwater for the second consecutive year.

August 19, 2011

McDonnell: Virginia ends fiscal 2011 with $545M surplus

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced Thursday the commonwealth ended fiscal 2011 with a $545 million surplus, but urged lawmakers to set aside $30 million of the windfall to help the state economy as Washington begins to cut spending to rein in the federal deficit.

August 18, 2011

Airports board: Next move on Dulles Metro station isn’t ours

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority members had a message Wednesday for officials from Virginia, Fairfax and Loudoun counties and the federal government regarding the second phase of the Dulles Metrorail project: The ball's in your court.

August 17, 2011

Perry, Romney have Virginia voters’ attention

Virginia Republicans appear to be casting an early gaze toward two governors — Rick Perry of Texas and Mitt Romney, formerly of Massachusetts — as the field for their party's presidential nomination sharpens into focus, state Republicans and political observers said Tuesday.

August 16, 2011

McDonnell’s cost-cutting ax could hit Potomac River fund

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is pressing ahead with a cost-cutting measure by proposing that the state save thousands by eliminating its dues to a 71-year-old, multistate compact to clean up the Potomac River. But the plan has drawn criticism from some who say the amount is a small investment in a major resource.

August 15, 2011