Tim Kaine News

One has to do with the state's self consciousness about being a "tech" state and its propensity for privatizing public operations.

Governor Tim Kaine waves to a jogger Thursday while riding a bike on the Roanoke River Greenway, one of several stops on his trip to the region.

Governor Kaine is spending his whole day in Roanoke Thursday. He began Thursday morning with a five mile bike ride along the Roanoke River Greenway, with kids and staffers from local summer camps.

It's hard enough to be a Republican on most campuses these days. Now you can't even be a member of the Republican Club at two of America's most conservative colleges -- because the clubs have been banned.

More than three weeks before their first debate, Virginia's candidates for governor are debating how often they'll debate.

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June 29, 2009 Virginia Republicans won't challenge Governor Kaine's denial of FOIA request Virginia Republicans say they won't challenge Governor Kaine's denial of a Freedom of Information Act request for his travel records.

Distant are the days when Gov. Timothy M. Kaine whisked across the commonwealth in the empyreal embrace of Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, or what may be called America's Third Great Awakening, a time, like the second, when women swooned, spirits waxed euphoric and reason rested.

Virginia's Democratic governor and Democratic National Committee chairman has rejected a Republican bid to obtain records of his travel.

Marketing and advertising company Quebecor World is planning to expand its Frederick County facility, creating 30 jobs and allowing the company to retain 150 existing positions.

Virginia's well-traveled governor, Tim Kaine, says leaving home without your security detail, as South Carolina's governor did, is unthinkable for a chief executive.

Virginia's ambitious 10-year, $2 billion public-private partnership with Northrop Grumman Corp.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is the new chairman of the Southern Regional Education Board.

Governor Tim Kaine is in Charlottesville Tuessday morning, and CBS19's Cheryn Stone spoke with Kaine on a variety of interesting issues, including the retirement of longtime University of Virginia President John T. Casteen III and the squabble between David Letterman and Sarah Palin.

After reading that Gov. Tim Kaine has been in Chicago and Kansas City in the last couple weeks, Virginia Republicans are asking just where Kaine's job as chairman of the Democratic National Committee is taking him.

The gubernatorial showdown between candidates Bob McDonnell and R. Creigh Deeds will be one of the closest and most expensive races for governor in Virginia history, political analysts say.

Do Democrats have a cash problem? President Obama will headline a fundraising dinner tonight to benefit Democrats' House and Senate campaign arms but the relatively modest haul expected -- $3 million -- is the latest piece of evidence that the party's expected fundraising advantage over Republicans has yet to materialize.

Gov. Tim Kaine Tuesday ceremonially signed several Virginia General Assembly bills providing assistance to military personnel and their families and honoring the Commonwealtha s veterans.

Republican Bob McDonnell made a reach toward the political center in his run for governor Monday, gaining the public backing of moderate civic and political leaders who had roles in coalitions assembled by Democratic Govs.

Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Alcoa will invest up to $25 million to increase capacity and production of investment castings for industrial gas turbines at its Hampton operations.