Virginia News Headlines: Thursday Morning

by: lowkell

Thu Aug 16, 2012 at 06:22:54 AM EDT

*Dionne: Ryan is a toxic running mate
*Ryan returning to Virginia
*Ryan abandons part of Ryan plan (What a joke.)
*The ugly campaign
*Campaign's harsh tone on Medicare dims hope for a solution, experts say (It's more the utter idiocy and lies, I'd say, than the "harsh tone").
*Biden, at Virginia Tech, draws election choice along class lines
*Gunman attacks conservative D.C. Family Research Council
*State posts budget surplus of $448 million (Also known as "smoke and mirrors")
*State workers will get 3 percent bonus
*Three new ads on the air attacking Tim Kaine (How's that unlimited corporate money in politics working out? Not well, not well at all.)
*Va. Senate race tops nation in 'secret money'
*Corn logic: Ethanol mandate: Why not relax it? (Why not get rid of it permanently? It's massive corporate welfare, bad for the environment, total boondoggle...)
*Editorial: Stronger rules needed for fracking ("A fight over a proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing in the George Washington National Forest is a reminder of weak laws that govern the practice on private land.")
*U.Va. fights pension law
*Local Obama supporters say Romney-Ryan ticket will hurt veterans
*UVa's board, at retreat, focuses on moving forward
*Dulles board members defend one insider deal
*When should Strasburg slow down?
*Strasburg leads Nats to a win in San Francisco