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Va. House panel OKs ban on tailgating bicycles
RICHMOND This could be the year that Virginia joins the rest of the nation and outlaws tailgating bicycles. A House of Delegates subcommittee gave unanimous approval today to a measure (HB1950) adding bicycles and other non-motorized vehicles to those that cannot be followed “more closely than is reasonable and prudent” under state law.
Democrats propose expanded gun background checks
RICHMOND With the mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school fresh on their minds, two Democratic state legislators are proposing bills to expand Virginia's criminal background checks to cover more gun transactions and tighten restrictions on the sale of weapons to mentally ill people.
Democratic lawmakers propose tougher Va. gun laws
RICHMOND With the mass shooting at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school fresh on their minds, two Democratic legislators are proposing bills to expand Virginia criminal background checks to cover more gun transactions and tighten restrictions on the sale of weapons to mentally ill people.
Virginia legislators unveil human trafficking bills
RICHMOND Holly Austin Smith had just graduated middle school when she met a man at a mall who promised to introduce her to celebrities if she would leave with him. Within a few hours, he’d placed her for sale on the Atlantic City strip, Smith recalled this morning. It was late June 1992 and she was just 14 years old.
Virginia business leaders surveyed on uranium
RICHMOND A survey of hundreds of business leaders in Virginia found that a slight majority opposes ending a moratorium on uranium mining.
Openly gay judge approved in Virginia House
RICHMOND A man believed to be Virginia's first openly gay judge appears poised to remain on the bench. Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland cleared a major hurdle this afternoon when 66 members of the House of Delegates voted to confirm his interim appointment to the Richmond General District Court.
Openly gay judge approved by General Assembly
RICHMOND A man believed to be Virginia's first openly gay judge will remain on the bench. Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland cleared a major hurdle this afternoon when 66 members of the Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted to confirm his interim appointment to the Richmond General District Court.
Gay judge can keep his district court seat
RICHMOND A man believed to be Virginia's first openly gay judge will remain on the bench. Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when 66 members of the Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted to confirm his interim appointment to the Richmond General District Court.
Repeal of Va. renewable energy incentives proposed
RICHMOND Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and the state's largest electric utilities are proposing to repeal financial incentives for using renewable energy.
House committee OKs SOL waiver for some schools
RICHMOND Schools whose third-grade students are struggling in reading will qualify for a testing exemption on another subject under a bill that passed a Virginia House subcommittee this morning.
Voting rights restoration bill still alive in Va. Senate
RICHMOND Advocates for the automatic restoration of voting rights to nonviolent felons notched a modest victory Tuesday morning when legislation to make that state policy narrowly cleared a Senate subcommittee.
Dueling port overhaul bills seem likely in Assembly
RICHMOND It seems likely that the General Assembly will act in the coming weeks to overhaul the governing structure of the port of Hampton Roads. It's unclear, however, what that overhaul will look like. It appears there will be two competing proposals in the legislative hopper by the end of this week.
