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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.
Move would close Va. gun-permit records 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 public access to records of concealed-handgun permits.
Anti-uranium mining lawmakers appeal to McDonnell
RICHMOND Lawmakers from Southside Virginia want to meet with Gov. Bob McDonnell to outline their objections to a suggestion that he order the development of regulations for uranium mining even after the proposal to establish the industry was abandoned in the face of near certain defeat in the General Assembly.
Southside anti-uranium legislators write to McDonnell
A sextet of Southside Virginia legislators have written Gov. Bob McDonnell asking him to resist uranium supporters who want him to move ahead with the development of new mining regulations despite the recent demise of legislation for that purpose.
Anti-uranium legislators write to McDonnell
A sextet of Southside Virginia legislators have written Gov. Bob McDonnell asking him to resist uranium supporters who want him to move ahead with the development of new mining regulations despite the recent demise of legislation for that purpose.
Jindal, McDonnell tout education reforms
RICHMOND Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says education reforms that have produced results in his state can also work in Virginia. Jindal helped promote Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's education reform package at a news conference today in Richmond. That package includes bills to grade public schools on an A-to-F scale, and to allow the state to take over chronically failing schools.
Governor pitches legislation on school safety
RICHMOND Midway through the legislative session, Gov. Bob McDonnell has introduced eight school safety bills based on the work of a state task force appointed after December's mass school shooting in Connecticut. The package announced Friday covers a range of school and firearm-related issues. Among its components:
Pioneering black Norfolk lawmaker honored
A pioneering black lawmaker from Norfolk was fondly remembered by one of his colleagues Friday on the floor of the House of Delegates. One in a series of speeches commemorating Black History Month, Del. Ken Plum's remarks honored the late Del. William P. Robinson Sr., who in 1969 became Norfolk's first black legislator since Reconstruction.
Smoking with child in car won’t be outlawed in Va.
RICHMOND State Sen. Ralph Northam’s effort to outlaw smoking in a vehicle with a child present was decisively snuffed out today. The Norfolk Democrat, a pediatric neurologist, wanted to protect children from the dangers of second-hand smoke, which he said increases the risk of asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory ailments.
