Herring takes first steps to remove Confederate flag from Virginia specialty license plates
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Attorney General Mark Herring took the first legal steps necessary to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates.
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ACLU warns Republican Party of Virginia not to impose poll tax for presidential nomination
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia sent a letter to Republican Party of Virginia Chair John Whitbeck urging the party to reject a proposal to charge delegates a fee to vote in a convention to nominate a presidential candidate in 2016.
Tim Kaine statement on Virginia Confederate flag license plate issue
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U.S. Senator Tim Kaine released the following statement today on Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s proposal to remove Confederate flags from state-issued Virginia license plates.
Mark Obenshain: Political motivations behind Democrats voter ID suit
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Yesterday, Virginia Democrats filed suit to overturn the Commonwealth’s voter ID law. It’s a law backed by 70% of Americans, supported by every demographic group, and it even enjoys 60% approval among Democrats.
Democratic Party activists, state party, file suit to protect Virginians’ right to vote
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Today, two Democratic Party activists, Barbara H. Lee and Gonzalo J. Aida Brescia, and the Democratic Party of Virginia filed suit against the State Board of Elections and the Department of Elections to protect Virginians’ right to vote.
Battlefields Foundation presents conference on 1865, post-Civil War era
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On Saturday, June 20, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation will look back at that period with a Sesquicentennial conference, “The Rocky Road to Peace”: 1865 and the Post-War Era in the Valley.
Governor Terry McAuliffe declares June LGBT Pride Month
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On Tuesday evening at a reception held at the Governor’s Mansion, Governor Terry McAuliffe proclaimed June 2015 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
Federal judge rejects Pittsylvania County effort to overturn ban on government sponsored prayer
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In an opinion issued Friday in a case brought by the ACLU of Virginia, U.S. District Court Judge Michael F. Urbanski ruled that the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ prior practice of reciting Christian prayers remains unconstitutional.
Bob Goodlatte: Unborn children feel pain
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Congress has the power, and the responsibility, to acknowledge these developments in our understanding of the ability of unborn children to feel pain.
Obama administration issues rule to protect 57 percent of Virginia’s streams
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Over 28,0000 miles of Virginia’s streams, including those feeding the James and Potomac Rivers, will gain federal protections under a final rule signed today by top Obama administration officials.
