The company, which produces Eades whiskey, expects to start construction of its distillery campus by the end of the summer, with the first locally produced bottles of whiskey coming out by September or October.

The two bills, Deeds said, were in the best interest of Virginia and would have led to environmentally friendly economic development across the state.

The idea behind the bill originated with Charlottesville’s City Council

Now that Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s budget cut proposals are in the hands of the General Assembly, he knows there is a possibility that lawmakers may slash pre-kindergarten programs.

The proposed $23 million loss includes a $10.6 million, or roughly 7 percent, state-funding cut made to UVa’s budget in October.

The Charlottesville school division learned Wednesday that it is expected to get $1.88 million less in state funding by fiscal 2010 than the amount approved in this year’s budget.

In addition to a $2.1 million fiscal 2008 surplus, of which much will be used to help the city stay afloat in the feeble economy, the city had an additional $3.6 million in unspent funds from city departments.

U.S. Sen. Jim Webb, D-Arlington, visited Charlottesville on Friday to endorse Democrat Tom Perriello in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., R-Rocky Mount.

Virginia faces a $3 billion budget shortfall, has no fix for its transportation gridlock and is being run by an unabashed supporter of the Democratic presidential candidate in a state that has backed Republicans for president since 1964. But Virginians apparently aren’t holding any of it against Gov. Timothy M. Kaine.

A Crozet low-income development for the elderly will get $700,000 as part of Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s Virginia Community Development Block Grant.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Tuesday that Virginia is awarding $8.7 million in grants to homeless and emergency shelters around the state, including six in Central Virginia.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine took a piece of chalk and drew three interlocking circles on the blackboard at the front of the American Politics 101 class taught by University of Virginia professor Larry J. Sabato.
Finding common ground is possible with any political issue, whether it is transportation, mental health reform or the expansion of pre-kindergarten education, Kaine told the UVa students.

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling said Monday that he wants to stay in his job four years longer and is giving up stated plans to run for governor in 2009.
Bolling’s decision gives Attorney General Bob McDonnell a seemingly clear shot at the GOP nomination next year while Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath County, and Del. Brian J. Moran, D-Alexandria, vie for the Democratic Party’s nod.