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Ex-health official joins rally in support of abortion rights
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.
Va. 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 Virginia high school. She doesn’t qualify for in-state rates because her family moved here illegally when she was 12, she said.
Va. Senate committee OKs restoring felon voting rights
RICHMOND Legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights has been endorsed by a Senate committee.
Va. Sen. committee OKs restoring felon voting rights
RICHMOND The Virginia Senate will consider legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights after the measure won a committee's endorsement today.
Restroom access bill flushed in Va. House
RICHMOND A House panel this afternoon flushed a bill requiring stores to provide restroom access to customers with certain medical conditions.
U.Va. rector Helen Dragas reappointed by Va. Senate
RICHMOND Overcoming opposition from students, faculty and alumni, Helen Dragas won approval from the state Senate today, 29-9, in her bid to keep her post on the University of Virginia’s governing board.
Newport News owl draws crowd at Virginia Capitol
No, he doesn't have a name. Yes, he will bite if you put your finger in his mouth. Nope, he doesn't screech, he whistles.
Prospects are poor for 65-and-over absentee voting
RICHMOND A bipartisan proposal to let Virginians 65 and older vote by absentee ballot easily cleared the state Senate today, but is probably dead on arrival in the House of Delegates.
Senate gun show bill in limbo, but talks continue
RICHMOND A state Senate committee this week might shelve legislation requiring criminal background checks for all firearms sales at gun shows, but a Republican member of the panel said he will continue working toward a compromise on the divisive issue this year.
State Senate talks on background checks continue
RICHMOND Reminders that Monday was gun lobby day at the General Assembly were plentiful on the sun-soaked state Capitol grounds, even as fragile compromise talks on background check legislation continued behind the scenes.
Nonpartisan redistricting plan fails in Va. House panel
RICHMOND It’s clear Virginia’s partisan system for redrawing legislative district lines is unlikely to change soon. A proposed constitutional amendment (HJ663) setting up a nonpartisan commission to prepare redistricting plans after each 10-year census was tabled unanimously today in a House of Delegates subcommittee, meaning it is unlikely to advance further.
Proposal seeks oversight for third-party voter sign-ups
NORFOLK Thousands of voter registration applications were submitted in the fall, but many did not yield a voter registration card for South Hampton Roads residents.
