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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.
State lawmakers reject measures on early voting
RICHMOND It appears that any legislative response to the long lines endured by Virginia voters at the polls in November will be incremental at most.
Survey: Businesses split 50-39% on uranium ban
RICHMOND About half of Virginia's business leaders oppose lifting the moratorium on uranium mining, but "balanced, unbiased education" would increase confidence in the industry, according to a study.
Va. House panel rejects no-excuse early voting
RICHMOND It appears that any legislative response this year to the long lines endured by Virginia voters at the polls in November will be incremental at most.
Democrats propose expanded background checks on guns
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.
Q&A: Universal background checks are key part of plans
Universal background checks. There's a good chance you'd never heard that phrase before last month's massacre in Connecticut. Now, it's a front-runner in the search for answers to gun violence - a key prong in White House proposals expected today.
Q&A: Universal background checks are part of plans
Universal background checks. There's a good chance you'd never heard that phrase before last month's massacre in Connecticut. Now, it's a front-runner in the search for answers to gun violence - a key prong in White House proposals expected today.
Va. House panel 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 House subcommittee Tuesday. The goal is to allow those schools - including some in Norfolk - to focus on reading instruction, said Del. Steve Landes, R-Augusta County, who sponsored the measure (HB2144).
Virginia legislators unveil bills on human trafficking
RICHMOND Holly Austin Smith had just completed middle school when she met a man at a mall who promised to introduce her to celebrities if she would leave with him. Within hours, he'd placed her for sale on the Atlantic City strip, Smith recalled Tuesday. It was late June 1992, and she was 14.
Dragas reappointment passes first hurdle in Richmond
RICHMOND Helen Dragas cleared a key legislative hurdle Tuesday in her effort to retain her seat on the University of Virginia’s governing Board of Visitors, winning a 12-3 vote of approval in a state Senate committee.
Dragas survives one test as panel votes in her favor
RICHMOND Helen Dragas cleared a key legislative hurdle Tuesday in her effort to retain her seat on the University of Virginia's governing Board of Visitors, winning a 12-3 vote in a state Senate committee.
McDonnell task force begins school safety review
RICHMOND One month after the mass shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on Monday asked a new state task force to “look at all aspects of school and campus safety and see if there is something we can do better.”
