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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.
‘Tebow bill’ faces Senate panel, House floor votes
RICHMOND A Virginia Senate committee is taking another look at legislation that would allow home-schooled students to play public school sports. The measure is on the Education and Health Committee's agenda this morning. A companion bill is up for a final vote on the House floor.
Assembly OKs waiver for temporary Chesapeake jail
RICHMOND Both houses of the General Assembly agreed today to let Chesapeake receive a waiver from state construction requirements that would enable the city to house inmates in its temporary jail facilities. The city spent $8 million on temporary steel buildings to ease overcrowding in the city jail without getting the required authorization from the state Department of Corrections.
Virginia issues warning on tax debit-card scam
The Virginia Department of Taxation issued a warning Wednesday related to the state’s new debit card for tax refunds. The card is formally known as the Virginia Tax Refund Debit Card and is sometimes referred to as the Way2Go card.
Va. House avoids vote on controversial gun-control bill
RICHMOND The Republican leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates headed off an up-or-down vote today on a controversial measure aimed at undermining any new federal gun-control legislation.
House avoids vote on controversial gun-control bill
RICHMOND The Republican leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates headed off an up-or-down vote today on a controversial measure aimed at undermining any new federal gun-control legislation.
Virginia House avoids vote on gun-control bill
RICHMOND The Republican leadership in the Virginia House of Delegates headed off an up-or-down vote Wednesday on a controversial measure aimed at undermining any new federal gun-control legislation.
Decision on Medicaid looms before Va. legislature
RICHMOND On a recent morning at the General Assembly, Del. Chris Jones dashed up to his fifth-floor office between committee hearings for what he thought was a quick meet-and-greet with some Hampton Roads constituents.
Va. House panel clears transportation funding plan
RICHMOND Gov. Bob McDonnell's signature transportation funding plan cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday, winning a key committee vote that foreshadowed the tricky balancing act awaiting the governor as he tries to steer the measure to passage.
Virginia House committee approves school CPR bill
RICHMOND Gwyneth Griffin collapsed on her middle school track after a congenital heart defect caused her to go into cardiac arrest, her mother, Jennifer Griffin, told the House Education Committee this morning.
Chesapeake jail annex approved to house inmates
The General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly authorized a waiver from state construction requirements that would allow the city to use three modular jail facilities as they were intended - to house inmates.
Port operations bill sails out of Senate committee
RICHMOND An omnibus bill affecting governance of Virginia’s ports, as well as proposals to privatize operations there, sailed through choppy procedural waters and out of the Senate Transportation Committee Wednesday.
