Daily Update: 4-18-11

Time short to preserve battlefields
By Clint Schemmer
The Free Lance-Star
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04182011/620669/printer_friendly

McDonnell vetoes state legislative redistricting bill
By Anita Kumar
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/politics/mcdonnell-vetoes-state-redistricting-bill/2011/04/14/AFOO2HlD_story.html

McDonnell vetoes legislature's redistricting plan
By Tyler Whitley
Richmond Times Dispatch
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia-tech-shooting/2011/apr/16/tdmain01-mcdonnell-vetoes-legislatures-redistricti-ar-976120/

McDonnell vetoes redistricting maps, calls them unconstitutional
By Kimball Payne
The Daily Press
http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-04-15/news/dp-nws-mcdonnell-veto-maps-20110415_1_mcdonnell-vetoes-senate-democrats-bob-mcdonnell

Gov. McDonnell vetoes General Assembly redistricting bill
By Julian Walker
The Virginian-Pilot
http://hamptonroads.com/2011/04/gov-mcdonnell-vetoes-general-assembly-redistricting-bill

McDonnell veto could set up showdown with senate over redistricting
By Ray Reed
The News & Advance
http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2011/apr/15/5/mcdonnell-vetoes-general-assembly-redistricting-bi-ar-975262/

McDonnell vetoes redistricting plan
By Chelyen Davis
The Free Lance - Star
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/042011/04162011/620535

Saslaw: Senate Democrats won’t surrender on redistricting
By Rosalind S. Helderman
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/saslaw-senate-democrats-wont-surrender-on-redistricting/2011/04/15/AF90D0jD_blog.html

Senate GOP applauds McDonnell veto, Saslaw vows not to surrender...
The Daily Press
http://hrblogs.typepad.com/the_shad_plank/2011/04/senate-gop-applauds-mcdonnell-veto-saslaw-vows-not-to-surrender.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+shad_plank+%28The+Shad+Plank%29

Senator hopes to go 'back to drawing board' for redistricting
By Tiffany Holland
The Danville Register & Bee
http://www2.godanriver.com/news/2011/apr/15/senator-hopes-go-back-drawing-board-redistricting-ar-975877/

McDonnell's Pac Has $1.9 Million On Hand
By Olympia Meola
Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://virginiapolitics.tumblr.com/post/4638966298/mcdonnells-pac-has-1-9-million-on-hand

Frederick Fires Up Pac For House, Senate Elections
By Olympia Meola
Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://virginiapolitics.tumblr.com/post/4638228790/frederick-fires-up-pac-for-house-senate-elections

Post-recession, Virginia paying more per job in incentives
By Bryan Gentry
The Lynchburg News & Advance
http://www2.newsadvance.com/business/2011/apr/17/post-recession-virginia-paying-more-job-incentives-ar-977172/

At some Virginia churches, guns are an invisible part of the routine
By Susan Kinzie
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/at-some-virginia-churches-guns-are-an-invisible-part-of-the-routine/2011/04/17/AFD9FFwD_print.html

GOP wave reshapes nation's agenda state by state
By Ann Sanner & Calvin Woodward
The Associated Press
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_statehouses_gop_wave

Green steps at the state Capitol
By Olympia Meola
Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2011/apr/17/tdmain07-green-steps-at-the-state-capitol-ar-977854/