News Stories Tagged "general assembly"

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Prohibition On Texting By Drivers Starts in Va.

State, Md. Plan To Launch Other Laws Today, Too

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Virginia drivers will face new restrictions today, when hundreds of laws take effect, including a ban on sending or reading text messages and e-mails. Read story »

Greenlea Residents Push Plan For Bridge

Tax District Would Fund Repairs

Sunday, May 10, 2009

When coming and going from their homes over the past year, residents of the Greenlea community have been taking their chances. Read story and 4 comments »

Va. Tech in Ad Challenging McDonnell Stance on Gun Sales

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

ays before the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings, a group backed by New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to launch a television advertisement that questions Republican gubernatorial nominee Robert F. McDonnell's opposition to closing a loophole in state law that allows some private sellers at gun shows to make sales without background checks. Read story »

Va. Lawmakers Split on What's Best for Workers, Employers

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A largely party-line vote by Virginia Republicans last week to reject $125 million in federal unemployment funds — and a full-throated push yesterday by Democrats to reverse that decision — is part of a broader political fight over which party should be trusted to help lead workers and businesses out of the recession. Read story and 1 comment »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, April 12, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

County Could Continue Septic System Moratorium Under New Bill

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Loudoun County will be allowed to impose a moratorium on the installation of alternative septic systems for a while longer under an amended bill approved yesterday by the Virginia General Assembly. Read story »

Assembly Rejects $125 Million for Expanded Jobless Benefits

Thursday, April 9, 2009

A divided General Assembly narrowly rejected $125 million in federal stimulus money Wednesday that would have provided additional unemployment benefits to thousands of jobless Virginians. Read story »

Kaine to Seek Change in Unemployment System

Monday, March 30, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) said Monday that he will ask the General Assembly to change Virginia's unemployment system so the state can take advantage of $125 million in federal stimulus money. Read story »

No Decision From Kaine On Septic Systems

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has not decided whether to sign legislation to nullify Loudoun County's five-year moratorium on the installation of alternative septic systems. Read story and 3 comments »

Va. Assembly Wraps; Kaine Cuts Losses

Governor's Agenda Largely Unrealized Despite Budget, Smoking Ban Successes

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine oversaw the conclusion of his final General Assembly session last night, virtually assuring he will leave office without fulfilling his most conspicuous campaign promise: to resolve Virginia's transportation mess. Read story »

In Tradition, Offbeat Bills Help Close Out Session

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Among the pressing matters the General Assembly attended to this year: guaranteeing the right to hang laundry on clotheslines, enshrining the Eastern box turtle as state reptile, protecting kids from cigarette lighters disguised as rubber duckies, taxing pay-per-view movies in hotels and cracking down on Segway riders bent on motoring down the interstate. Read story »

Lawmakers Approve Revisions to 2-Year Budget

Sunday, March 1, 2009

The Virginia General Assembly adjourned its regular session Saturday night after approving revisions to a two-year, $77 billion spending plan that includes cuts to education, law enforcement and health care. Read story »

Disagreements Over Kaine Proposals Holding Up Budget Deal

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009

Disagreements over whether the General Assembly should dictate details of local... Read story »

Lawmakers Want to Limit Non-Va. College Students

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009

Valedictorian Phillip Wears boasted a 4.01 grade point average, served as captain of his lacrosse team and won awards for photography and television production when he graduated from South County Secondary School last year. Read story and 7 comments »

Va. House Sends Smoking Ban Bill to Conference

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009

Without comment, the House rejected the Senate's efforts to restore terms of a restaurant smoking ban the House gutted last week. Read story and 3 comments »

Autism Insurance Bill Gathers Steam

Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009

A Virginia Senate committee yesterday gave life to a weakened version of legislation requiring insurers to cover expenses related to autism and autism-related disorders. Read story »

Autism Insurance Bill Dies in House

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

A bill to require insurers to cover autism and related disorders died in silence in a House subcommittee, one of its co-sponsors said yesterday. Read story »

Latino Lawyer Among Candidates for Bench

Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009

Of the 175 circuit, appeals and Supreme Court judges in Virginia, not one is of Latino or Asian descent. Read story »

Va. Still Holds Guns, Tobacco Dear

Senate Keeps Gun Show Loophole Open; Committee Deadlocks on Cigarette Tax

Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009

The Virginia Senate showed Tuesday that tobacco and guns are still valued and protected, both culturally and politically, by many of the state's residents. Read story and 2 comments »

Legislators Consider Ban on Plastic Shopping Bags

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

Virginia might once and for all put an end to that nagging question: Paper or plastic? Read story and 6 comments »

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