Yesterday Governor McDonnell signed two energy bills into law that he has been advocating since the campaign and after weeks of speculation, he issued a written directive as to what his policy will be on discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The majority of doctors participating in a survey across the Commonwealth have said that further proposed cuts to Medicaid reimbursement will force them to stop accepting Medicaid patients altogether and a bill is going before the House Education Committee today is aimed at keeping student athletes who have sustained a concussion off the playing field until they have fully recovered.

The House and Senate budget conferee’s are working frantically to reach a compromise by Saturday, but time is running out and there are many issues they have yet to address.

Yesterday The House and Senate met their constitutional deadline, completing all work on their own bills so that they may go to the opposite chamber for approval or rejection.