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Va. Senate approves college club discrimination bill
RICHMOND Supporters say it would preserve the constitutional right of free association on college campuses. Critics say its purpose is more nefarious: to undermine a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision and permit otherwise improper discrimination by college clubs supported with public dollars.
Va. Senate OKs bill to let college clubs discriminate
RICHMOND Supporters say it would preserve the constitutional right of free association on college campuses. Critics say its purpose is more nefarious: to undermine a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision and permit otherwise improper discrimination by college clubs supported with public dollars.
Virginia Senate panel advances 3 school safety bills
RICHMOND A Virginia legislative committee has advanced three bills intended to improve school safety. The bills were recommended by a task force appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell in response to the December mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. McDonnell submitted the legislation Friday.
Health care exchanges may not cover abortion
RICHMOND Even as health benefit exchanges bring the promise of more medical coverage for Virginians, access to abortion could become further restricted.
Va. Beach sheriff wants jail store to contribute more
RICHMOND In early 2011, the Virginia Beach Correctional Center launched an online store for inmates, their friends and families to order meals, snacks, toiletries and entertainment items. Last year, it pumped a tidy sum into the jail's budget for education, recreation and counseling, a boon for an operation whose costs are rising as state support has declined.
VDOT feeling the heat on problems with potholes
NORFOLK The Virginia Department of Transportation's beefed-up response this weekend to South Hampton Roads' deteriorating interstates may not be enough to avert a managerial shake-up or changes to a new contract with the company maintaining the freeways, an official said Monday.
Va. redistricting furor doesn’t help less-partisan plan
RICHMOND The three-week political tempest stirred up by a partisan redrawing of state Senate district lines appears not to have created any groundswell of support for a less-partisan system.
Va. sees large increase in revenue in January
RICHMOND As legislative budget writers prepare for final negotiations, Virginia's tax collections for January show the largest jump in 2½ years last month because of robust income tax collections, a quirk of the calendar and a delay in refunds.
Va. felons’ rights measure dead for ’13 session
RICHMOND A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow automatic restoration of nonviolent felons' civil rights is dead for the 2013 General Assembly session. A House of Delegates subcommittee refused to act on the Senate-passed measure Monday, ensuring its demise and disappointing Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Virginia felons’ rights measure dead for this session
RICHMOND A proposed constitutional amendment that would allow automatic restoration of nonviolent felons' civil rights is dead for the 2013 General Assembly session. A House of Delegates subcommittee refused to act on the Senate-passed measure Monday, ensuring its demise and disappointing Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Bill shields disaster plans from public disclosure
RICHMOND After several months and a series of rejections by state officials, The Virginian-Pilot in December obtained a copy of a publicly funded consultant's report that included a scathing assessment of Virginia's emergency shelter plans.
Legislative move would close gun permits to public
RICHMOND What started out as an uncontroversial measure to protect people threatened with domestic violence has been rewritten by the General Assembly’s most gun-friendly committee to close off all public access to concealed-handgun permits.
