John C Watkins

It comes as no surprise that anti-tax activist Grover Norquist doesn't like the $880 million transportation funding deal reached between House of Delegates and Senate negotiators. Since early January representatives of Norquist's Americans for Tax...

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling sent a letter Thursday to the members of the House of Delegates and Senate conference committee tasked with working out a deal on a transportation funding package, in which he  asks for both sides to make major concessions. "Now is...

A day after Virginia Senate Republicans staged a surprise reapportionment of all 40 Senate districts, it was met by ominous warnings from Democrats and nervous dismay by the state's Republican governor and House Republicans. On a party-line power play...

Head of Americans for Tax reform Grover Norquist criticized Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation plan which swaps out the state's gasoline tax for a o.8 percent increase in the state sales tax. "The plan as it stands now fails in its goal to prioritize...

McDonnell urges lawmakers to trim government RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Gov. Bob McDonnell is urging legislators to make some tough choices to cut spending and restructure state government. McDonnell said Wednesday night in his State of the Commonwealth...