Dems critical of ‘personhood’ measure

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The Virginia House of Delegates voted Monday to advance HB1, a bill that confers legal “personhood” at the moment of conception. Without a subcommittee hearing, the bill emerged from the full Courts of Justice Committee late Friday night – the last possible time for new legislation to be considered during the current session. “Yet another…

Crossover: Dems Repubs offer views on ’12 GA session

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At a press conference in Richmond on Thursday, members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses stood together to denounce the dozens of extreme, divisive bills passed over the first month of session. Republican leaders then responded with a press event aimed at highlighting what they termed their “positive reform agenda.” “Republicans are so focused…

Nancy Carpenter: Time to change the rules

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Not enough has been said about how influential the Citizens United Supreme Court decision will be.  What’s happened is that the Supreme Court sided with the wealthy-elite (I mean the Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Mitt Romney types) and against the interests of the American people (I mean the teachers, firefighters, customer service types). Again, the…

Creigh Deeds: Session report

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The 2012 session of the General Assembly is moving by rapidly.  Deadlines for the submission of bills and budget amendments have long passed, and both houses of the Assembly are in full swing.  There were both good and bad signs of things to come this past week. On the hopeful side, Democrats and Republicans worked…

Comedy Night at WTA’s Gateway

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Comedy Night is back at WTA’s Gateway Theatre with an evening of musical and improvisational comedy on Saturday, January 28 at 8 pm.   The evening will be hosted by Jim Zarling, founder of Charlottesville’s Comedy Roundtable. First up for the January Comedy Night will be a Richmond favorite, Manly Man.  The  two-woman musical powerhouse spent…