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Virginia ‘Tebow bill’ delayed, in-state tuition spiked
RICHMOND For the time being, legislation that would allow students educated at home to play public school sports has been held back in the Virginia Senate while similar legislation survives in the House of Delegates.
Hybrid car owners protest at the Virginia Capitol
RICHMOND With signs, cardboard wind turbines and a parade of Priuses, hybrid car owners on Thursday afternoon sent a message to legislators meeting inside the Capitol: No hybrid tax. The demonstration by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network was in protest of legislation that would tax hybrid car owners and repeal renewable-energy incentives for electricity companies.
Virginia ‘Tebow bill’ clears House, not Senate
RICHMOND Legislation that would allow students educated at home to play public school sports was held back in the Virginia Senate on Thursday, hours before similar legislation passed in the House of Delegates.
Bill would give private gun sellers option for checks
RICHMOND A bill to give private sellers at gun shows the option to obtain criminal background checks on customers before completing a sale has been filed in the General Assembly days ahead of a key legislative deadline. The proposal from Sen. John Edwards, D-Roanoke, was introduced on the Senate floor Thursday and could come up for committee consideration at a hearing today.
Governor’s transportation plan on road to revisions
RICHMOND Gov. Bob McDonnell's transportation funding plan took another step through the legislative process Thursday, but it's clearly very much a work in progress.
41 years later, Va. still nixes Equal Rights Amendment
RICHMOND Del. Scott Surovell was 1 year old in 1972 when Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, proclaiming that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex."
Bill aims to ease prescription costs for Virginians
RICHMOND The annual cost of Sarah Keitt’s prescriptions – about $48,000 – to treat her multiple sclerosis is more than some Virginians make in a year. But until she and her family reach their annual out-of-pocket maximums, they must scrounge to pay much of the costs themselves, already totaling $3,000 this month, Keitt told lawmakers this afternoon.
CPR school training bill advances in General Assembly
RICHMOND Training in emergency life-saving techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation would become standard for more school personnel and students under a bill moving through the Virginia Senate.
Fox pens focus of Va. review
RICHMOND Fox penning is getting a critical look in the Virginia General Assembly. The sport involves setting loose hunting dogs on foxes or coyotes in fenced preserves. A Senate committee will hear a bill today that would phase out the practice, which occurs almost exclusively in Southside Virginia.
Fox pens focus of review in Va. General Assembly
RICHMOND Fox penning is getting a critical look in the Virginia General Assembly. The sport involves setting loose hunting dogs on foxes or coyotes in fenced preserves. A Senate committee will hear a bill today that would phase out the practice, which occurs almost exclusively in Southside Virginia.
