More voters have opinion of Cuccinelli than rivals in gov race

By   /  May 8, 2012  /  News, State Elections, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News

ALEXANDRIA — More Virginians have an opinion of Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinellithan of his likely rivals in the 2013 race for governor, according to a recent Washington Post poll.

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VA attorney general nets $1.5B settlement from Abbott Labs

By   /  May 8, 2012  /  News, State Government, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News

ALEXANDRIA — Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expected to pony up $1.5 billion to settle a claim that it marketed a drug for improper use, the Virginia Attorney General’s Office said on Monday.

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Virginia State University approves fifth tuition hike

By   /  May 7, 2012  /  News, Statehouse News Online, Top State News  /  No Comments

By Carten Cordell | Virginia Statehouse News

ALEXANDRIA — Petersburg-based Virginia State University ordered the school’s fifth consecutive tuition hike last week, ratcheting up the cost to attend by $1,435 per student since 2008.

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Paul delegation vows to be force at GOP convention

By   /  May 7, 2012  /  Florida, News, State Elections, Statehouse News Online  /  No Comments

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog

TAMPA — For Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus and much of the news media, the presidential nomination process is wrapped up.

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Empleo: ¿espejismo o realidad?

By   /  May 4, 2012  /  Florida En Español, Statehouse News Online  /  No Comments

Por Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog

 

MIAMI—En un año electoral, donde la campañas para atraer votantes se pone cada vez más candente, republicanos y demócratas se alzan con el estigma del desempleo para ir al frente de una batalla, que tiene como perdedores a los contribuyentes.

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