Voters back drug testing of welfare recipients, poll says | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 6:00 PM
They also support repeal of HPV requirement; pre-Labor Day school openings.
One public notices bill fails, another advances | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 6:00 PM
A House of Delegates subcommittee on Thursday voted down House Bill 773, introduced by Del. R. Steven Landes, R-Augusta, that would make it optional for local governments in Virginia to publish various...
Capitol Briefs: Disciplinary notice bill advances | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 6:00 PM
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Officials: Public-private projects will be more open | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 5:54 PM
RICHMOND
In more fallout from the uproar in Hampton Roads over the imminent re-tolling of the Midtown and Downtown tunnels, Gov. Bob McDonnell's administration has pledged to establish a more open, inclusive...
Conservatives cheer victories; foes decry social push | VirginiaTomorrow
February 09, 2012 5:36 PM
RICHMOND
Mandatory ultrasounds before abortions. Tougher voter identification standards. Repeal of a limit on handgun purchases.
In what's shaping up to be a banner year for conservatives, these and other...
House honors Campbell teenager who escaped Philippine terrorists | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 5:11 PM
Newman amendment would ease voting ID requirements for students | DailyProgress
February 09, 2012 3:35 PM
The politically charged voter identification bill passed by the state Senate this week was amended on the floor at the request of Sen. Steve Newman to make it easier for students at private colleges...
Party registration bill dies in Va. Senate | Washington Post
February 09, 2012 3:19 PM
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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.
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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.
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