VA high school ranks top 10 in nation
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — With an average SAT score of 2,200 and a 100 percent graduate rate, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology here ranked No. 10 in Newsweek’s 2012 report on America’s Best High Schools.
Virginia, which also boasts the No. 16 school, Richmond’s Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, [...]
Libertarians’ lawsuit may sting Virginia GOP
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — A lawsuit to allow easier signature-gathering for the Libertarian Party could cause Virginia Republicans a big headache in November by putting a competitor on the ballot, especially because similar lawsuits have succeeded around the country during the past decade.
Several federal court rulings have invalidated restrictive state laws on signature-gathering, according to Richard Winger, [...]
Virginia lawmakers OK life sciences, movie-making
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — The General Assembly on Monday passed three key amendments offered by Gov. Bob McDonnell that restore economic development funding left out of the fiscal 2013-14 budget adopted in April.
Read More →VA gov seeks more money to spur job growth
By David Frisk | Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to spur job growth by pumping up funding for biological and medical research, movie making and high-tech development.
Read More →VA localities raise taxes to pay for state-ordered pay hikes
By Kathryn Watson | Virginia Statehouse News
ALEXANDRIA — Taxpayers in some Virginia counties and cities are paying for raises going to public employees.
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