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"We certainly want to get ahead of that curve before there are some abuses of that information they can gather with that technology," said Delegate C. Todd Gilbert, speaking of the use of drones. (Associated Press)

Va. delegate seeks curbs on use of drones in state

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Drivers consider fill-up options as Virginia, Maryland revisit gas tax

By Amber Larkins - Capital News Service

** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he addresses a joint meeting of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees at the Capitol on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Richmond. Mr. McDonnell delivered his 2013 budget proposals to the committees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

EDITORIAL: Governor Tax Hike

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (The Washington Times)

SIMMONS: Transportation — and how to pay for it — is Topic 1

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

McDonnell proposal would drop gas tax, raise sales tax

By Larry O'Dell - Associated Press

**FILE** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell gestures as he talks Jan. 8, 2012, about eliminating the state gasoline tax in return for an increase in the state sales tax to fund transportation needs. At left is Virginia Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton. (Associated Press)

Va. Gov. McDonnell: Use sales tax hike for transportation

By Larry O'Dell - Associated Press

** FILE ** Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is surrounded by students, parents, educators and legislators at the Capitol as he announces his initiatives for the 2013 session in December. Among his ideas is assigning letters to grade schools’ performance. (Associated Press)

Va. Gov. McDonnell: Consider letters to grade schools

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Virginia joins pro-life wave with abortion clinic rules

By David Hill and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Delegate Robert G. Marshall, Prince William Republican (Associated Press)

Virginia delegate wants some school personnel armed

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Virginia governor wonders if teachers should be armed

Associated Press

McDonnell: It’s time to discuss arming teachers

Associated Press

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis, portraying President Abraham Lincoln, looks across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in a scene from director Steven Spielberg’s biopic “Lincoln.” (Dreamworks/Twentieth Century Fox)

Missing out on ‘Lincoln’ film costly to D.C.

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dane Ellis, a full-service attendant at the Exxon station at Fourth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast in Washington, fills a car with gas on Monday, April 11, 2011. (The Washington Times)

Drives against gas taxes start running on empty

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Former Rep. Thomas M. Davis III, Virginia Republican

Referendum approach to D.C. budget autonomy hailed

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

"I do not have — and other governors feel the same way — a lot of the information that would lead me to conclude today that a state-based exchange is the best way to go." - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (The Washington Times)

McDonnell holds off on state health care exchange

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Virginia Senate candidate George Allen greets voters as they wait in line to vote at Washington Mill Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on November 6, 2012. Allen was also there to vote with his wife Susan. (Eva Russo/Special to The Washington Times)

ELECTION 2012: Kaine edges Allen to win pricey Va. Senate seat

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

James McConnon, 5, of Alexandria, Va., crosses King Street by way of flood water, as people venture out to survey the damage in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, the day after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the region. Flood water here in Old Town is slightly higher than normal after a heavy rain. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Area picks up, starts return to normal in storm’s wake

By David Hill - The Washington Times

Workers with Zamudio's Complete Tree Service load branches from a downed tree into a shredder on Cameron Mills in the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Hurricane Sandy brought down two large trees here, one of which fell across the street. The trees took down the power lines. Fortunately no one was hurt. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

McDonnell: Virginia ‘very blessed’ that storm damage was not worse

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A woman leaves a house on Arlington Terrace in the Huntington neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., on Oct. 29, 2012, during a mandatory evacuation order as high winds and heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy pound the Atlantic coast. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

Sandy socks East Coast

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Obama, after a briefing on Hurricane Sandy with Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate (right), said, “My message to the governors, as well as to the mayors, is: ‘Anything they need, we will be there.’ (Associated Press)

Hurricane forces candidates to drop events

By David Sherfinski and David Eldridge - The Washington Times