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DP Buzz: State ethics reform
Editor's note: "DP Buzz" is an interactive feature of the Daily Press Opinion Page. We email weekly questions on issues and topics affecting Peninsula-area citizens. Each week, subscribers can choose...
View ArticleLawmakers say they've reached agreement on ethics reform
Republicans and Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly have reached an agreement over ethics reform, a major issue for lawmakers as they head into a new legislative session. House Majority Leader...
View ArticleThe people's defense
Election to public office comes with significant responsibilities and obligations, not the least of these being the need to protect the principle of transparency. The democratic system is incumbent on...
View ArticleMovement on ethics
In a surprise preceding the start of the legislative session, leaders of the House of Delegates announced a bipartisan agreement on ethics reform. The proposed package would, among other things, enact...
View ArticleSenate leaders near agreement on ethics changes
RICHMOND – General Assembly leaders are moving closer to an agreement on ethics reform. Senate Republican Leader Tommy Norment, R-James City, announced Friday that he had filed a package of four bills...
View ArticleReactions to Gov McDonnell's indictment
Virginia politicians were saddened by news of former Gov. Bob McDonnell's indictment on corruption charges. Here's what they had to say: “I am obviously troubled by the charges that federal...
View ArticleFormer Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and wife indicted
RICHMOND — Federal prosecutors filed criminal corruption charges against former Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, on Tuesday, saying they used his office for their own gain. Hours later,...
View ArticleMcDonnell suggests political motive in indictment
RICHMOND — Former Gov. Bob McDonnell fired back Wednesday at prosecutors who filed corruption charges against him and his wife, Maureen, with heavy hints that the federal case is politically motivated....
View ArticleHampton property values to fall again
HAMPTON — Assessed property values will again decrease in the upcoming fiscal year, according to figures City Assessor Brian Gordineer presented to the City Council Wednesday. Property taxes are the...
View ArticleMcDonnell, Hamilton cases shows a state out of step on ethics
In one case, a key step across the line came when a powerful state legislator from Newport News bumped into a state Senate staffer by a Capitol Square elevator; in the other, it came when a newly...
View ArticleNotes and notables
The irony of ethics Four years ago, when Bob McDonnell was being sworn in as governor, nobody could have envisioned that his time in office would end this way – least of all, Mr. McDonnell himself. He...
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