Northam statement on progress of General Assembly session at Crossover
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Governor Ralph Northam released a statement at the midpoint of the 2018 legislative session.
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Healthcare bill clears Senate with bipartisan support
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Republican State Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant’s SB 915, which represents an important step towards recognizing the need to close the coverage gap and extending healthcare coverage to nearly 400,000 uninsured Virginians, unanimously passed the State Senate on Tuesday.
House passes Toscano amendment to bar utilities from double-charging consumers for infrastructure improvements
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The Virginia House of Delegates today passed House Democratic Leader David J. Toscano’s amendment to HB 1558 that would prevent utility companies, such as Dominion Energy, from charging consumers twice for infrastucture investments.
Republicans kill constitutional amendment that would change Virginia’s balance of power
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On the same day they killed their own bill to allow guns in churches, House Republicans also killed their proposed constitutional amendment that would have drastically altered the balance of power in Virginia state government.
Creigh Deeds: A contentious week
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We are now ending the last full week of the 2018 Session prior to crossover. As explained last week, the Senate and House will have to finish work on bills originating in their own chambers by Tuesday. This has been a week full of contention.
House GOP kills its own bill allowing guns in churches
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Following the release of a poll showing broad public support for reasonable gun reform measures, House Republicans today killed a bill that would have repealed a statutory prohibition on guns and other dangerous weapons in places of worship.
Clean Virginia Project takes aim at Dominion Energy influence
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The Clean Virginia Project is a new initiative to defend Virginia consumers and small business owners from the political stranglehold of Dominion Energy.
Northam, Cox announce compromise on grand larceny threshold, bill to protect crime victims
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Governor Ralph Northam, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Kirk Cox, and Senator Mark Obenshain announced today a bipartisan compromise to raise the felony larceny threshold and adopt into law legislation to ensure that crime victims are paid the restitution duly owed to them.
Alon Ben-Meir: US enablement jeopardizes Israel’s future
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The United States has been and remains the staunchest supporter of Israel, and its unqualified support will cause significant damage to Israel’s future wellbeing.
House passes bill to reduce maximum length of long-term suspensions
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In a major step toward dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline, the House today passed Delegate Jeff Bourne’s bill to cut the maximum length of school suspensions from 364 to 45 days, with certain exceptions.
