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Jan 31, 2013

Virginia joins settlement in mortgage services matter

RICHMOND Virginia is set to receive about $3.5 million as part of a multi-state settlement with a Florida-based mortgage loan default services company over allegations of misconduct.

Jan 31, 2013

Uranium debate done for year after Senate bill stricken

RICHMOND Proponents of uranium mining in Virginia will have to wait to make their case after the primary Senate bill to move toward permitting it was stricken by its patron in committee Thursday afternoon.

Jan 31, 2013

Va. uranium debate done for year after bill stricken

RICHMOND Proponents of uranium mining in Virginia will have to wait to make their case after the primary Senate bill to move toward permitting it was stricken by its patron in committee Thursday afternoon.

Jan 31, 2013

Va. Senate passes ban on smoking with kids in car

RICHMOND The Virginia Senate has passed legislation making it illegal for adults to smoke with kids in the car. The vote on Sen. Ralph Northam's bill was 30-10. It now goes to the House of Delegates, which historically is less receptive to such restrictions.

Jan 31, 2013

Democrats criticize Cuccinelli for remarks in new book

RICHMOND Democratic lawmakers on Thursday denounced Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's remarks in his new book about government programs like Medicare and Social Security.

Jan 31, 2013

Democrats criticize Cuccinelli for remarks in book

RICHMOND Democratic lawmakers on Thursday denounced Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's remarks in his new book about government programs like Medicare and Social Security.

Jan 31, 2013

Pre-Labor Day school bill fails in Va. Senate committee

Tourism interests prevailed again in the perennial battle over Virginia’s school calendar when a Senate committee Thursday rejected a bill to undo a law mandating a post-Labor Day start to the instructional year. Sen. Ralph Smith’s SB 1099 is among the latest attempts to repeal the statute which requires school divisions that want to start early to obtain a state waiver.

Jan 31, 2013

As bill dies, push to lift uranium ban losing steam

RICHMOND With his legislation to advance uranium mining in Virginia seemingly shelved for the year, Sen. John Watkins searched for a way forward Thursday, urging Gov. Bob McDonnell to plow ahead on the development of mining regulations.

Jan 31, 2013

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.

Jan 31, 2013

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.

Jan 31, 2013

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.

Jan 31, 2013

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.

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