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Virginia home care workers lobby for benefits
RICHMOND Norfolk home care provider Julia Newton waited 10 years for a waiver so that Medicaid would provide in-home services for her 29-year-old son, who is autistic and suffers from Crohn's disease and seizures.
Dragas wins confirmation to U.Va. governing board
RICHMOND The contentious reappointment of Helen Dragas, rector of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, passed its final test in the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Proposals to lift uranium mining ban are losing steam
RICHMOND Proposals to lift a long-term ban on uranium mining remain alive in the General Assembly, though they're closer to being buried than being dug up. With a key legislative deadline looming, uranium interests are hoping for late-breaking action on bills in the House of Delegates and Senate, even as circumstances beyond their control seem to conspire against them.
Key Va. House panel rejects photo ID voting measure
RICHMOND A key group of state lawmakers signaled today that they are willing to go a little further – but not much further – to tighten Virginia’s voter identification requirements.
Panel rejects measure to require photo IDs for voting
RICHMOND State lawmakers signaled Tuesday that they are willing to go a little further – but not much further – to tighten Virginia’s voter identification requirements.
Public prayer bill advances from Va. Senate committee
RICHMOND Legislation to enshrine in Virginia’s Constitution public prayer rights and other faith-based allowances provoked a battle in a Senate committee Tuesday evening over the extent of religious freedoms.
House panel OKs in-state tuition for undocumented students
RICHMOND Year after year, Del. Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington, has tried to convince the General Assembly to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. He argued it made business sense. He argued the cost was small. He argued it was fair. But every session the proposal failed.
Virginia panel kills plan to redistribute electoral votes
RICHMOND As expected, legislation to change how Virginia distributes its 13 electoral votes in presidential elections was defeated in a Senate committee Tuesday, despite its sponsor’s effort to make it more palatable.
With debate stifled, Va. panel kills ultrasound option
RICHMOND A Republican-run Senate committee killed legislation that would have made pre-abortion ultrasound exams optional, not mandatory, after the committee chairman blocked discussion of the bill. The hastily convened Privileges and Elections Committee special meeting lasted only minutes with Democratic Sen. Ralph Northam's bill dying on a party-line 6-3 vote.
Senate approves bills on two-term governor, ex-felon voting rights
RICHMOND Virginia’s Senate has blessed a measure that would let Virginia have a two-term governor and end its distinction as the only state which prohibits governors from re-election to consecutive terms.
Senate OKs two-term governor, ex-felon voting rights
RICHMOND The state Senate has blessed a measure that would end Virginia's distinction as the only state that prohibits governors from election to consecutive terms. Also Monday, the General Assembly’s upper chamber approved a proposed constitutional amendment to automatically restore voting rights to non-violent felons, a change supported by Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Virginia Senate rejects right-to-work in constitution
RICHMOND On a party line vote, the Virginia Senate has killed a measure that would write the state's longstanding right-to-work law into its constitution. Republican Sen. Dick Black's resolution won the support of all 20 Republicans, but the opposition of the Senate's 20 Democrats. A majority of 21 votes was the minimum required for passage.
