Union-busting constitutional amendment fails in Senate
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Senate Republicans failed on Tuesday to approve a constitutional amendment that openly conflicts with federal law.
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Senate Republicans defeat bills to make voting easier
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Tuesday afternoon, the Republican-controlled Senate Privileges & Elections Committee defeated several Democratic bills to make voting easier.
House Republicans education reforms find broad bipartisan support
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The House Republican Classroom Success Agenda for the 2015 General Assembly has found broad bipartisan support in passing the House of Delegates.
Senate votes down guns in schools, moves forward with background check bill
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The Virginia Senate defeated legislation, SB 1132, which would have allowed individuals with concealed handgun permits to carry loaded firearms on school property outside of regular school hours.
Mark Obenshain: Quick update from Richmond
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It’s hard to believe that we are already in the fourth week of the General Assembly session. Hundreds of bills are making their way through Senate committees in Richmond, as “crossover day” approaches.
State Senate defeats Republican bill to allow guns on school property
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This afternoon, the Senate defeated Senator Tom Garrett’s (R-Buckingham) SB 1132, a bill to allow guns onto school property outside of “normal school hours” – that is, at times when communities of faith, civic organizations, and other outside groups could easily be using school facilities.
Poll finds majority of Virginians favor more high school online learning opportunities
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A majority of respondents in a new Virginia Commonwealth University Commonwealth Education Poll support online learning opportunities for high school credit.
Augusta County: Black and white, and read all over
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The Augusta County that I know and love is full of contradictions, good and bad, black and white, and for the time being, read all over.
Dems: Senate Republicans defeat, divide on same-sex marriage
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In an afternoon meeting Tuesday, Republicans on the Senate Committee on Privileges & Elections defeated a resolution to formally repeal the Marshall-Newman ban on same-sex marriage (SJ 214), which was ruled unconstitutional last year in federal court.
Moxley raises issue with Hanger vote on transportation funding
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24th Senate District Republican nomination candidate Dan Moxley condemned Mount Solon Sen. Emmett Hanger’s vote yesterday to side with Senate Democrats to kill SJ 217.
