Bill regulating use of GPS tracking devices sent to House | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 6:52 AM
The legislation comes amid the proliferation of spy-like GPS devices, which are already widely available.
Unauthorized GPS tracking ban advances in Va. House | VirginiaTomorrow
February 08, 2012 5:58 AM
By Larry O'Dell
RICHMOND
A House of Delegates committee has endorsed legislation to prohibit the unauthorized use of GPS or other electronic tracking devices.
Senate panel recommends further study of health exchange | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 5:45 AM
Subcommittee decides to carry over legislation that would make exchange part of the SCC; kills other exchange proposals.
Virginia legislator says tax reform panel likely | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 5:27 AM
State Sen. Walter Stosch said today a tax-reform commission will be appointed to study several pieces of tax-related legislation that are being considered.
Overhaul of teacher contracts, evaluations heads to House | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 5:01 AM
House Education Committee backs bill that McDonnell administration says increases accountability.
Obama narrowly pulls ahead of Romney in Va., poll finds | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 3:43 AM
President Barack Obama has moved past GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in Virginia, 47 percent to 43 percent, in Quinnipiac poll.
Former Gov. Jeb Bush to talk education with McDonnell | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 3:00 AM
Governor will hold a tele-town hall with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Republican State Leadership Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie
Obama has slight edge over Romney in new Virginia poll | Washington Post
February 08, 2012 12:57 AM
President Obama beats former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 43 percent among all voters in the swing state of Virginia, according to a
Va. forestry officials selling tree seedlings | DailyProgress
February 08, 2012 12:24 AM
2 concealed gun bills face final House votes | VirginiaTomorrow
February 07, 2012 11:31 PM
By Bob Lewis
RICHMOND
Two bills favored by Virginia's powerful gun-rights lobby are likely to win easy House passage today.
One bill would conceal from public disclosure names of people who hold...
Bill would signal big change for Va. teachers | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
It would extend probation periods, change contracts for those who switch school systems.
Senate committee expected to vote on setting up health exchange | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
A Virginia Senate subcommittee is poised today to begin making decisions about health-care reform that the House of Delegates decided not to tackle.
Capitol briefs: Senate panel OKs anti-smoking bills | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
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'Tebow bill' on homeschoolers advances | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
A measure intended to make it easier for home-schooled students to play sports on public school teams was given preliminary approval on Tuesday.
Bill to limit shackling of pregnant inmates draws support | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
Some pregnant women who are inmates in Virginia's jails have been forced to go through labor and even delivery in handcuffs and shackles.
Effort to make Amazon remit sales taxes advances | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
Legislation requiring Amazon.com Inc. to collect and remit sales taxes in Virginia passed a Senate committee Tuesday.
Outcry erupts over McDonnell request for toll authority | VirginiaTomorrow
February 07, 2012 6:00 PM
RICHMOND
Public outcry over impending tolls on the Downtown and Midtown tunnels has helped spark widespread opposition in the General Assembly to the governor's request for broad new authority to use tolls...
Cuccinelli, Bedford sheriff seek funds to catch sex predators | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 3:04 PM
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown joined a push Tuesday to keep criminal-offender revenue focused on the sexual predators it was meant to catch.
Gun permit debate gets pointed | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 2:48 PM
Del. Ben Cline, R-Rockbridge County, argued fingerprints no longer are needed because advances in technology provide the same information that can be gained from a check of fingerprints.
Governor cites Odd Fellows Road project as boost to economy | DailyProgress
February 07, 2012 2:33 PM
A highway project to connect Odd Fellows Road to the U.S. 29/460 Bypass in Lynchburg should generate $18 million of earnings for people in the region, according to the governor’s office.
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