Community clinics concerned about cuts in budget blueprint | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 2:50 PM
Two health clinics in Lynchburg serving the area’s uninsured and under-insured are concerned over a proposal in Gov. Bob McDonnell’s two-year budget blueprint that would cut community health...
Government could lose weight under bills | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 2:48 PM
State and local governments could get smaller under bills sponsored by state Sen. Steve Newman and Del. Kathy Byron in the General Assembly.
WSLS compares Virginia ballot requirements to rest of nation | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 12:46 PM
Unlike the Commonwealth, states like Illinois, Indiana, and Massachusetts require fewer than half of the 10,000 signatures needed to get on Virginia's primary ballot
Va. Democrats accuse GOP of overreaching | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 12:35 PM
House and Senate Democrats this morning unloaded on Republicans, who now control both chambers, for pushing social legislation that has dominated much of the legislative session's first half.
McDonnell urges more higher ed dollars, dings Democratic predecessors on tuition increases | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 11:54 AM
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R), who currently has three children in Virginia colleges, joined with dozens of students Thursday on the steps of the state Capitol to decry the escalating cost of higher education.
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Va. lawmakers oppose ban on shackling pregnant inmates | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 11:24 AM
By Larry O'Dell
RICHMOND
Legislation to restrict the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in Virginia was rejected Thursday by a House of Delegates subcommittee, which chose to let state prison officials...
Va. Senate passes bill allowing adoption discrimination | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 9:02 AM
By LARRY O'DELL
RICHMOND, Va.
The Virginia Senate passed legislation Thursday allowing private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce launches ad blitz to praise Allen, attack Kaine | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 8:37 AM
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is jumping into the Virginia Senate race, launching separate ads for George Allen and against Timothy M. Kaine as part of a multistate media campaign.
Adoption ‘conscience clause’ clears Va. Senate, would allow faith-based adoption agencies to rej | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 8:20 AM
The Virginia Senate voted Thursday for a bill to allow private adoption and foster-care agencies to turn away parents for reasons of religious faith or sexual orientation.
Passage of the
Va. House OKs bills restating right to kill intruders | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 8:07 AM
By Bob Lewis
RICHMOND
Virginia's House of Delegates has written into its law books centuries of common law allowing people to kill those who intrude into their dwellings and menace them.
One bill...
Senate panel backs public employee pay raise plan | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 7:49 AM
A Senate subcommittee voted today to require local governments and school divisions to give pay raises to their employees and teachers to offset a requirement that workers contribute 5 percent of their...
House passes bill allowing lethal force against intruders | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 7:37 AM
Legislation would allow homeowners to use any degree of force, even lethal, against intruders without threat of criminal or civil charges.
Adoption ‘conscience clause’ clears Va. Senate, would allow faith-based adoption agencies to rej | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 7:28 AM
The Virginia Senate voted Thursday for a bill to allow private adoption and foster-care agencies to turn away parents for reasons of religious faith or sexual orientation.
Passage of the
House passes pair of ‘castle doctrine’ bills | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 7:18 AM
The
Va. Democrats accuse GOP of overreaching | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 7:10 AM
House and Senate Democrats this morning unloaded on Republicans, who now control both chambers, for pushing social legislation that has dominated much of the legislative session's first half.
Bill to inform parents on school discipline advances | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 7:02 AM
A bill that would require parents of public school students to be notified before disciplinary action to expel is taken against their children sailed through the Senate Education and Health Committee today...
Va. Democrats, Republicans call each other obsessed with social issues | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 6:44 AM
So just what has Virginia’s General Assembly been up to this year? A “values crusade”? Or plain old bread-and-butter legislation with just a smidgen of social stuff thrown in?
More than a dozen House...
Va. Senate panel approves teacher contract bill | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 5:33 AM
RICHMOND
A measure to significantly alter employment terms for some public school teachers cleared a Senate committee Thursday after a local Republican changed his vote to support an overhaul of Virginia's...
Senator walks out of committee in dispute | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 5:20 AM
A discussion among senators during a committee hearing on legislation that would change teacher's contracts grew testy today, prompting one incensed lawmaker to storm out of the meeting.
PolitiFact: Sen. Barker off on claim of pre-Kindergarten cuts | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 4:35 AM
The governor would increase pre-K spending by more than $6 million over the next two school years. But after that, 27 localities could lose some of their state support.
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