State Senate passes transportation funding bill
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A bipartisan 26-14 State Senate vote would raise more than $900 million annually for transportation maintenance and new construction.
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House passes McDonnell transportation bill
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The House of Delegates voted Tuesday to advance Gov. Bob McDonnell’s transportation package that eliminates the state gas tax and raises the state sales tax as a way to raise revenues for roads maintenance and construction.
Funding available for forestry enhancements
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Forest landowners looking to improve their woodlands by creating good habitat for bobwhite quail, which prefer sunny and open areas, have a new source of funds available to them.
Party-line vote kills State Senate bill requiring welfare drug tests
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A party-line 20-19 vote on Monday killed a Senate bill that would have forced welfare recipients to submit to mandatory drug tests.
Bolling backs proposed expansion of Virginia Medicaid program
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Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling issued a comprehensive letter to legislative leaders outlining his support for moving forward with the proposed expansion of Virginia’s Medicaid program under the Affordable Care Act, subject to the ability of the Commonwealth to negotiate acceptable waivers from the federal government to effectively reform Medicaid.
Watkins pulls uranium mining bill
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After a multi-year battle that included intensive industry lobbying, multiple scientific and economic studies, and fierce opposition from a uniquely diverse coalition, a legislative effort to lift Virginia’s longstanding ban on uranium mining has failed.
House Dems unveil transportation plan
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Not that it will get very far, given the political realities, but House Democrats are weighing in with their own recommended course of action for dealing with the state’s transportation system.
Should the state mandate drug testing for welfare recipients?
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Senate Democrats are drawing attention today to a vote in the Senate Finance Committee advancing legislation introduced by Republican State Sen. Bill Carrico that instucts localities to subject “suspicious” welfare recipients to drug tests.
Cooper Center releases official 2012 population estimates for Virginia
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Population growth in Virginia outpaced the nation, with highly varied growth across localities, according to the most recent official annual population estimates for the state developed by demographers from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Six more groups sign on to McDonnell transportation plan
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Six more business, transportation and labor groups today joined the growing list of supporters of Gov. Bob McDonnell’s “Virginia’s Road to the Future” long-term transportation solution.
