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Virginia House OKs extending excise tax on peanuts
RICHMOND The Virginia House of Delegates has voted to extend the state’s excise tax on peanuts – a move that will help promote the sale and marketing of one of the commonwealth’s top cash crops.
Senate passes bill to fine drivers who fling open doors
RICHMOND Motorists be warned: recklessly opening your car's door could cost you. The Virginia Senate Tuesday approved legislation to allow $100 fines on drivers who fling open vehicle doors on the side of oncoming traffic before it is safe to do so.
Va. Senate OKs fining drivers who fling open doors
RICHMOND Motorists be warned: Recklessly opening your car's door could cost you. The Virginia Senate today approved legislation to allow $100 fines on drivers who fling open vehicle doors on the side of oncoming traffic before it is safe to do so.
Virginia Senate GOP remap tactic met with dismay
RICHMOND A day after Virginia Senate Republicans staged a surprise reapportionment of all 40 Senate districts, it was met by ominous warnings from Democrats and nervous dismay by the state's Republican governor and House Republicans.
Pro-choice advocates rally in Richmond
RICHMOND The Virginia health commissioner who resigned last year over what she saw as an intrusion of politics into medical policy Tuesday publicly defended abortion and urged the public to engage in its defense.
Former Va. health commissioner joins pro-choice rally
RICHMOND The Virginia health commissioner who resigned last year over what she saw as an intrusion of politics into medical policy publicly defended abortion today and urged the public to engage in its defense.
Diverse coalition pushes Virginia regulation of drones
RICHMOND A diverse coalition of organizations and Virginia lawmakers wants to regulate the use of drones by law enforcement. Police say not so fast. They say legislation awaiting General Assembly action could stymie legitimate law enforcement efforts, and more study is needed.
Senate Democrats criticize Republican redistricting
Senate Democrats still seething Tuesday over Republicans' unilateral redistricting rewrite a day earlier delivered fiery floor speeches, calling out the GOP caucus for practicing raw politics for their own gain "under the guise of being good to black folks."
Ex-health official joins pro-abortion-rights rally
RICHMOND The Virginia health commissioner who resigned last year over what she saw as an intrusion of politics into medical policy publicly defended abortion Tuesday and urged the public to engage in its defense.
Bill offers in-state tuition to undocumented students
RICHMOND Ambar Pinto works full time at a law firm, sometimes picking up double shifts in order to afford out-of-state tuition at Northern Virginia Community College - even though she's been a Virginia resident for years and graduated from a state high school. She doesn't qualify for in-state rates because her family moved here illegally when she was 12, she said.
Effort to halt monthly toll-road user fees draws support
RIC HMOND A legislative effort to halt new monthly fees for toll-road users gained some momentum today in a House of Delegates subcommittee. Del. Manoli Loupassi’s bill (HB1302) would do away with the fees imposed Sept. 1 by the Virginia Department of Transportation on the electronic transponders that allow drivers to use toll roads without stopping at a tollbooth.
Effort to halt monthly E-ZPass fees draws support
RICHMOND A legislative effort to halt new monthly fees for users of the E-ZPass electronic tolling system gained some momentum Tuesday in a House of Delegates subcommittee.
