Governor's four percent gas tax plan faces stiff backlash
The governor's proposed four percent gasoline sales tax hike drew universal opposition and was barely introduced in the General Assembly. A second option would raise four cents per gallon, remove the automatic inflation escalator, and target funding for Metro despite mixed support from upstate and downstate legislators. A study proposed for November aims to decide whether a larger tax is needed or if the Highway Department budget can be stretched.
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John Dalton
General Assembly
Lundberg Letter
Assembly
Department of Transportation
House
Senate
Richmond
Del
Vincent F. Callahan Jr
R-Fairfax
del. Callahan
Northern Virginia
Downstate
Tayer
Metro
Northern
Highway Department
House Finance Committee
Archibald A. Campbell
Campbell
Department of Highways
Amite
Cold office drives slow General Assembly pace
In Richmond last week lawmakers blamed the slow pace on many factors but the cold General Assembly Office Building, with temperatures in the 30s and 40s, drew attention. Senator Willey ordered custodians to focus on heating as staff reacted to the chill. The Ninth Street Igloo nickname reflects the office climate as sessions drag on.
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Richmond
General Assembly
Howard P. Anderson
Halifax
Edward E. Willey
Golden Snow Rule Letter to the Editor from The Star
Frederick County Virginia residents recount a Jan 25 emergency on Middle Road where drivers stopped to help a stranded car. A station wagon driver, a return helper, and a four wheel drive owner used a chain to pull the vehicle from the ditch. The writer praises strangers and vows to repay the favor.
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Con Aid
Middle Road
Ne Om
Bush Faces New Hampshire Trial by Fire in Primary Fight
George Bush shifts from Iowa victory to a high pressure New Hampshire run where Reagan operatives mount a heavy, personal challenge. Lincoln-like campaigning, a tougher crowd, and questions about Bush's firmness and public image frame a pivotal race for February 26.
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Rowland Evan
Robert Novak
Seu, Rerd Enterprises, Inc
Nashua
N.H
George Bush
Des Moines
New Hampshire
Ronald Reagan
Bush
Iowa
Reagan
South Carolina
Harry Dent
Hugh Gregg
Crece
Keene State
Gregg
Manchester
Jerry Carmen
Carmen
Jalen Lescartore
Bob Goodman
Goodman
Manchester Union
William Loeb
Loeb
Wesley Powell
Nelson Rockefeller
Edmund Muskie
Philip Crane
A Virginia Tale of Two Bills
Richmond correspondent George Bowles reports on a Virginia House debate over a measure to extend free school textbooks to third graders, tied to lunch program eligibility, with opposition over potential fraud. Meanwhile a separate bill grants private college students a $600 yearly tuition subsidy funded by the state, supported by a strong private college lobby and costing about $13 million.
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House of Delegates
del. Lewis P. Fickett
Fredericksburg
Fickett
House Education Committee
Del
Dorothy McDiarmid
D-Fairfax
Willard Lemmon
D-Marion
California Faces Jaws II by Tom Wicker
The article profiles California politics as Speaker Leo McCarthy struggles to maintain control with a divided Assembly and a stalled body. It assesses Jarvis II tax cuts, Brown’s budget, Prop 13 echoes, and potential impacts on services, revenues, and the state’s economy amid a looming June vote and Democratic power shifts.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Los Angeles
Assembly
Leo McCarthy
California
Senate
McCarthy
Edmund G. Brown Jr
No Campa
Ess
Brown
Reagan
Jarvis
Jarvis II
McC
Berman
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Amherst
George Bowles
Commonwealth
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Virginia Network
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