Bob McDonnell
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Virginians react to McDonnell's plan to raise sales tax, eliminate gas tax
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Northern Virginia residents are reacting to Gov. Bob McDonnell's proposed five-year, $3.1 billion transportation funding package that includes replacing the state's gasoline tax with a sales tax increase of nearly a penny on the dollar.
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TCS: McDonnell's transportation proposal not fully cooked
CommentEllis interview January 8, 2013
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McDonnell proposes replacing gas tax with sales tax
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Gov. Bob McDonnell wants Virginia lawmakers to eliminate the state gasoline tax and replace it with a sales tax increase of less than a penny on the dollar.
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Gov. McDonnell proposes plan to grade schools
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Per the Richmond Times-Dispatch, “Students receive a letter grade on their report cards and so, too, would their public school under a proposal Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: McDonnell quietly makes abortion-clinic move
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Please move along, there's nothing to see here. . .
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Arming teachers should be discussed, Bob McDonnell says
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If school officials were trained and chose to have a weapon, they might have an opportunity to stop someone from trying to get into a school, says Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.
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McDonnell proposes teachers get 2 percent raise conditioned on tougher standards
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is proposing 2 percent pay raises for public school teachers conditioned on more strenuous teacher assessment standards and a longer probationary period for new hires.
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Va. Capitol Christmas tree lighting set for Friday
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Gov. Bob McDonnell and first lady Maureen McDonnell will light the Capitol tree on Friday.
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Bob McDonnell popular among women, poll shows
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A new poll shows Gov. Bob McDonnell isn't burdened by the same gender gap that hurt the Republican ticket among women voters in last week's election.
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Virginia agencies to plan to cut budgets by 4 percent, McDonnell says
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Citing a looming federal fiscal crisis and a lagging recovery, Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell has ordered Virginia state agencies to immediately prepare plans to cut their budgets by 4 percent.
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Bob McDonnell's beach houses burglarized
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The governor's office on Thursday confirmed the thefts at the two Virginia Beach properties owned by Governor McDonnell but declined further comment.
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New Virginia voter ID laws aimed toward phantom fraud?
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Opinions are predictable but the numbers don't show widespread voter irregularities.
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Justices rule on Va. felons and firearms
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The state Supreme Court says the courts have the sole discretion in Virginia whether felons who have served their time can have their firearm rights restored.
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Virginia to get $52 million in federal transportation funds
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Virginia will get $52 million in federal transportation funds because other states didn't use their transportation money.
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9/11 anniversary 2012: Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, other politicians issue statements
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On the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, numerous politicians are issuing statements about the tragic events of that day in 2001.
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McDonnell highlights Obama's Roanoke comments
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's speech kept with Tuesday night's convention theme, taunting President Barack Obama for his line in a speech delivered in Roanoke in July when, in making the point that government aids private business, he said, "if you've got a business, you didn't build that."
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Republican National Convention crammed into three days
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Tropical Storm Isaac has shaken things up at the Republican National Convention. Most of Monday’s events were postponed, so the GOP is cramming four days of events, into three.
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Virginia to hold summit on education reforms
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is bringing together state and national experts, teachers and policymakers to discuss education reforms.
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