It’s the Economy, Constituents Tell Delegate Cox
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – Jobs and economic development. That’s what Delegate Kirk Cox’s constituents said is the most pressing issue facing Virginia. Residents of the 66th House...
View ArticleDelegates See Budget, Jobs as Key Issues
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – The General Assembly is well on its way into the 2012 session. Hopewell-area Delegates Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, and Rosalyn Dance, D-Petersburg,...
View ArticleDelegates See Budget, Jobs, Transparency as Key Issues
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – As the General Assembly enters the third week of its 2012 session, the delegates representing the Hopewell-area – Kirk Cox of Colonial Heights, Rosalyn...
View ArticleTax Exemption May Aid Businesses, Stress Localities
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – Virginia’s machinery and tools tax, which some businesses see as a burden but local governments view as a critical revenue source, would be slashed under...
View ArticleParty ID Won’t Be Listed on Local Ballots
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – Front Royal Mayor Timothy Darr could have been forced out of office if the General Assembly had passed legislation requiring local election ballots to...
View ArticleSenate Offers Relief on Machinery Tax
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – The House and Senate seem headed in different directions on whether to give businesses relief from the machinery and tools tax levied by local...
View ArticleNo Raise in Minimum Sentence for DUI Manslaughter
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – Two weeks ago, a vehicle VCU sophomore Carolina Perez was in was struck at the intersection of Second and Canal streets. Perez, who sat at the point of...
View ArticleDemocratic Lawyer Challenges U.S. Rep. Cantor
Wayne Powell By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – For Wayne Powell, Virginia’s 7th Congressional District “isn’t personal, it’s Cantor.” Powell, 62, is challenging Republican incumbent Eric...
View ArticleAfter 225 Years, This Model Still Turns Heads
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – In the Virginia Capitol’s Jefferson Room, named for housing the larger-than-life portrait of the man himself, sits a relatively unassuming scale model of...
View ArticleRep. Cantor Amasses Cash for Re-election Bid
By Mason Brown Capital News Service RICHMOND – Forget David and Goliath. In the money race in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, it’s Wayne and Eric. Democrat Wayne Powell is challenging incumbent...
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