Virginia Politics Blog Archive: General Assembly
Va. budget cuts have hit mental health programs, report shows
A new national report shows that Virginia has cut funding for mental health programs by 9 percent since 2007, the 17th-largest such spending reduction in the country.
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Rosalind S. Helderman
| March 9, 2011; 3:09 PM ET |
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UPDATED: New delegate will be sworn in Wednesday
The newest member of the Virginia House of Delegates will be sworn in Wednesday afternoon, as Poquoson Mayor Gordon Helsel (R) takes the seat that was held by Del. Tom Gear (R-Hampton).
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Rosalind S. Helderman
| March 9, 2011; 11:02 AM ET |
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Consumer groups hit Saslaw over car title lending
The top Democrat in the Virginia state Senate is getting whacked by a coalition of consumer advocacy groups that are generally more often at odds with Republicans.
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Rosalind S. Helderman
| March 7, 2011; 3:41 PM ET |
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In feisty radio interview, Saslaw fights back on car title lending, abortion regulation
Senate Majority Leader Dick Saslaw (D) faced down an unexpected caller on WAMU's Politics Hour -- Del. Glenn Oder (R-Newport News), calling to castigate Saslaw for sponsoring a bill to reverse a six-month-old ban on Virginia car title lenders giving cash to out-of-state drivers.
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Rosalind S. Helderman
| March 4, 2011; 3:04 PM ET |
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House panel kills bill to add legal protections for gay state employees
A House of Delegates subcommittee has killed a proposal to write legal protections for gay state employees in Virginia code.
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Rosalind S. Helderman
| February 15, 2011; 7:30 PM ET |
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The 2011 bills: Where do they stand?
Here's the fate of some of the key bills as the Virginia General Assembly at the halfway point of the 2011 legislative session. The session is scheduled to end Feb. 26.
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The Associated Press
| February 11, 2011; 7:49 PM ET |
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