A coalition of first responders is asking the state to fund fully the Line of Duty Act, which pays benefits to families of fallen officers and those severely wounded while doing their jobs. Craig Carper reports.
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have approved Gov. McDonnell’s Educator Fairness Act, which would extend new teachers' probationary window from three to five years and make it easier for school administrators to fire teachers deemed incompetent. Craig Carper reports.
A bill that many Democrats say would allow campus organizations to discriminate against individuals based on political and religious criteria or sexual orientation has passed both chambers of the General Assembly.
Both the House of Delegates and state Senate have approved identical bills with broad bipartisan support to make texting while driving a primary offense.
The off-year Senate redistricting manuever, denounced by Democrats and others, was shut down yesterday by the Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates, Bill Howell.
Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation plan has failed in the state Senate, with two separate amended versions of the bill being voted down by both Democrats and Republicans.
Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling broke with Senate Republicans to amend a bill that would further restrict the acceptable forms of identification at Virginia polling places.
The five Democrats on the state Senate finance committee voted against the upper chamber’s amendments to the two-year state budget yesterday because of its lack of Medicaid expansion in compliance with the Affordable Care Act.
