Del. Tom Rust, R-Fairfax County, disclosed the date will be June 23, during a gathering of Democratic and Republican legislators from Hampton Roads and northern Virginia

Thirty legislators from Hampton Roads and Northern Virginia met in suburban Richmond today for more than four hours to discuss new ways to finance transportation improvements in their traffic-clogged regions.

The governor is readying to roll out, probably early next week, another proposal to pump about $1 billion a year into Virginia’s transportation system.

Gas tax? Statewide sales tax? Regional tax? Auto sales tax? Titling tax?  They’re all on the table for lawmakers to consider between now and when they meet again in a special session on transportation, which Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is expected to call at the end of June.

This afternoon lawmakers unanimously approved a $1.4 billion bond package to finance 75 construction projects across the state.

Governor Tim Kaine is spending the day in Pennsylvania campaigning for Barack Obama.

Steve Waters, who led the successful grass-roots effort in support of the marriage amendment to the Virginia Constitution in 2006, will manage Marshall’s campaign

The abusive driver fees had been touted as a way to help pay for state road work, but ended up being a major thorn in the General Assembly’s side as Virginians overwhlemingly rejected the fees as unfair
Timeline of driver fees

Bolling’s decision not to run for governor combined with former Governor George Allen’s announcement to sit out the governor’s race leaves Attorney General Bob McDonnell uncontested for the Republican nomination.

Each of the four men who would be governor came out of the General Assembly session with an accomplishment they could add to their campaign brochures next year.