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White House crasher to run for Va. gov. as independent
RICHMOND White House party crasher Tareq Salahi has decided to pursue his gubernatorial ambitions as an independent rather than as a Republican as he initially planned. Salahi announced those plans Monday morning, hours before the 5 p.m. deadline for statewide candidates to file with the Virginia Republican Party to be on the slate for the GOP nominating convention in May.
White House crasher to run for Va. governor
RICHMOND White House party crasher Tareq Salahi has decided to pursue his gubernatorial ambitions as an independent rather than as a Republican as he initially planned. Salahi announced those plans Monday morning, hours before the 5 p.m. deadline for statewide candidates to file with the Virginia Republican Party to be on the slate for the GOP nominating convention in May.
White House crasher to run for Virginia governor
RICHMOND White House party crasher Tareq Salahi has decided to pursue his gubernatorial ambitions as an independent rather than as a Republican as he initially planned. Salahi announced those plans Monday morning, hours before the 5 p.m. deadline for statewide candidates to file with the Virginia Republican Party to be on the slate for the GOP nominating convention in May.
Effort to repeal gay-marriage ban fails in House panel
RICHMOND An effort to begin the process of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage was turned back today in a House of Delegates subcommittee. The amendment, approved by voters in a 2006 referendum, defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman.”
Effort to repeal Va. gay-marriage ban fails in panel
RICHMOND An effort to begin the process of repealing Virginia’s constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage was turned back today in a House of Delegates subcommittee. The amendment, approved by voters in a 2006 referendum, defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman.”
Felon voting rights measure dies in Va. House panel
RICHMOND Less than a week after Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed it, a proposal to allow automatic restoration of voting rights to nonviolent felons was shot down today by a Republican-dominated House of Delegates subcommittee.
Voting rights restoration for felons falls short again
RICHMOND Less than a week after Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell endorsed it, a proposal to allow automatic restoration of voting rights to nonviolent felons was shot down Monday by a Republican-dominated House of Delegates subcommittee.
Virginia committee approves two bills for veterans
RICHMOND A Virginia Senate committee today approved two measures for the state’s veterans. The first, SB829, would direct the Department of Veterans Services to create a program for reducing veteran unemployment. The program would assist business in hiring, training and retaining veterans and create a certification program for participating employers.
Legislators unveil bills to help Virginia’s businesses
RICHMOND The Virginia House of Delegates’ Business Development Caucus unveiled today a dozen bills aimed at helping the state’s entrepreneurs. Before the session’s start last week, the caucus’s founders held six regional meetings to talk to business owners, funneling their input into the legislative package announced today. The proposals include:
Legislators unveil bills to help Virginia’s businesses
RICHMOND The Virginia House of Delegates’ Business Development Caucus unveiled today a dozen bills aimed at helping the state’s entrepreneurs. Before the session’s start last week, the caucus’s founders held six regional meetings to talk to business owners, funneling their input into the legislative package announced today. The proposals include:
Va. House panel welcomes first openly gay judge
RICHMOND A Republican-ruled legislative panel that vets judicial candidates was deferential and even supportive of a reappointment bid by Virginia's first openly gay judge who was rejected by the full House a year ago.
Panel questions gay judge; support for approval builds
RICHMOND The perfunctory questioning of interim judicial appointees up for General Assembly approval came to an end when Judge Tracy Thorne-Begland strode to the podium Monday afternoon.
