By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — How long former Delegate Phil Hamilton would spend in a federal prison came down to whether his years of public service should count in his favor or work against him.
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Public weighs in on future of training centers, services for disabled adults
August 04, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND – Juanita Williams wants her 19-year-old daughter to finish school, find work and get her own apartment.
Redistricting heads nowhere, fast
August 01, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Virginia’s Capitol is beginning to feel a bit like Capitol Hill, as Republican and Democratic legislators remain at an impasse over how to draw new congressional voting districts with no compromise in sight.
Two women named to Supreme Court
July 29, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Despite months of political wrangling, in a single afternoon, legislators greatly diversified the Virginia Supreme Court by adding more women, including the first black woman to sit on the court.
Local judges remain unfilled; redistricting delays appointments
July 28, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on two appointments to the state Supreme Court, but they will not be filling vacancies on a few local courts.
Vote on judges expected Friday
July 25, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND – Lawmakers are returning Friday to Richmond to vote on judicial appointments, less than a week after Gov. Bob McDonnell chastised the Legislature in a letter for failing to appoint two new state Supreme Court judges.
McDonnell urges Legislature to appoint judges
July 22, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — If legislators cannot agree on appointees to fill two vacancies on the Virginia Supreme Court, then Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will.
Jack breaks bottle ad barrier
July 14, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Vodka billboards, neon beer signs, even signboards with happy hour specials are not commonplace in Virginia. But, in fact, such signs have been illegal for years.
State goes for green; fleet to be converted to run on propane, natural gas
July 12, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND — Trading in Virginia’s gas-guzzling fleet of trucks and cars for greener models will help improve the state’s air quality, put Virginians to work and even save tax dollars, Gov. Bob McDonnell says.
Questions linger over fate of state’s sexual violent predator program
July 08, 2011
By Amanda Iacone
Virginia Statehouse News
Virginia Statehouse News
RICHMOND – The state’s sex offenders are a group no one wants to defend, no one wants to house and almost no one wants to pay to treat.
- McDonnell wage-cut proposal draws resistance
- Personhood Bill seen as threat to fertility efforts
- VA Dems: ‘Conscience clause’ could put more foster kids in group homes
- VA may eliminate abortion funding for poor women
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- VA budget battle may boil down to transportation
- Drunken drivers may face stiffer penalties in Virginia
- Biz owners: VA politicos need to focus on state’s economy
- VA tries to outlaw unauthorized GPS tracking
- VA House votes to make concealed carry license info private
- Lawmakers set out to reform quick foreclosures
- Griffith Attacks Boucher's Support of "Cap and Trade"
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- Retired Virginia Police Superintendent Col. Gerald Massengill "candy bar at a candy store"
- Gov. McDonnell's office lays out plan to sell liquor stores
- Average pay for state employee slightly trumps private-sector pay
- Critics Question McDonnell's "Surplus"
- Speed and safety a balancing act with new laws
- Virginia Indian tribes fight for federal recognition
- Governor's tweaked ABC plan less lucrative, more "business-friendly"
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- Renee Williams: Most of these offenders came from the Dept. of Cor...
- jack: Hypocrite.......get rid of this bum. Lets offset t...
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