With Virginia's bar & restaurant smoking ban taking effect on December 1st, I thought I'd organize a happy hour to welcome Virgi...

The smoking ban compromise struck by Gov. Tim Kaine and House Speaker William Howell wasn't ideal, but it was a good start . Unfortunate...

The House of Delegates is scheduled to vote on the smoking ban compromise today. Call your delegate right now to urge them to support the ...

There's an old saying that when it comes to passing legislation, a good compromise is one that both sides dislike equally. That seems to...

Over at RK, Lowell looks ahead to the 2009 General Assembly session, examining the prospects for a statewide smoking ban in bars and restaur...

Great news in the fight for clean air: WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Four Points by Sheraton Hotel brands will ban...

Maryland bars and restaurants might as well not bother opening their doors this weekend. No one's coming out anyway. A statewide smoking...

As we hope the Virginia House of Delegates makes a New Year's resolution to follow the will of the 65% of Virginians who want a statewid...

The Sun Gazette newspaper provides some of the best local news coverage in Northern Virginia, covering stories the Washington Post ignores. ...

From the Washington Post : After a heated and raucous public meeting, the Alexandria City Council voted unanimously to use its zoning power...

After moderates Tim Kaine and Jim Webb defeated hardcore conservatives Jerry Kilgore and George Allen in November, the Republican Party of V...

UPDATE: Here's the link to the roll call vote . Virginia's House of Delegates today rejected a statewide smoking ban in bars and re...

I apologize for my earlier posts in support of the smoking ban. I hadn't realized the smoking ban will bring down the entire capitalist ...

Congratulations to Governor Tim Kaine for showing great leadership pushing to make Virginia's bars and restaurants smoke-free! He amende...

Two important action alerts to pass along: * The American Cancer Society urges you to write Gov. Tim Kaine to tell him to modify HB2422 to i...

Just as states have acted while the federal government has idled on climate change, Virginia communities aren't waiting for the state to...

The General Assembly has passed legislation to give Dominion wide latitude to build new coal-fired power plants with only voluntary measure...

From the Roanoke Times ( bolding added by me) ... RICHMOND -- An attempt to ban smoking in Virginia's public places, including restaur...

The Virginia State Senate passed a bill yesterday that would ban smoking in bars, restaurants, theaters, and other indoor public places. Unf...

The Washington Post publishes a guest editorial today from a man named Gio Batta Gori titled " The Bogus 'Science' of Secondhan...