Kaine announces vetoes of justice legislation pieces
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No triggerman rule, no concealed weapons in restaurants, no expansion of Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month rule – not on Gov. Tim Kaine’s watch.
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The AFP Blog – Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009
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– Stuarts Draft man charged with murder for hire, Thursday, 6 p.m. – Miss America 2008 to speak at JMU on eating disorders, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Family Foundation praises passage of marriage curriculum bill, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – White House announces formation of faith-based partnerships office, Thursday, 5:50 p.m. – Wagner picks up several…
Waynesboro: Teen charged in Pine Avenue shooting
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Staff Report An 18-year-old Waynesboro man was charged on Tuesday in connection with a shooting that police had initially said was self-inflicted. Brian H. Henkel has been charged with discharge of a firearm in an occupied dwelling in the Sept.8 shooting of Joshua Via, 21, who suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Via has…
Applications for special deer hunts being accepted
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Application are being taken for special lottery deer hunts in Grayson Highlands State Park, Kiptopeke State Park, Lake Anna State Park and Pocahontas State Park, the the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation announced this week.
Me for Veep
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Dull Ache column by W.R. Marshall adullache.today.com With the primaries finally over – although it hasn’t really sunk I still wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat, thinking it’s 2037 and hearing Hillary say “If I win in Guam, they’ll have to give me the nomination” – it’s on to…
War, economy, high gas prices? No, it’s the Second Amendment again
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The Politcs Beat column by Chris Graham [email protected] Why is Bob Goodlatte banging the drum on the Second Amendment? “You can count on me to fight to protect our rights,” Goodlatte wrote in a fund-raising letter dated May 16 that he began with mention of a case now in front of the United States Supreme…
Keeping our communities safe from crime
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Column by Bob Goodlatte A recent statistic from the Department of Justice shows that someone is assaulted in the U.S. every 7.2 seconds, raped every 2.7 minutes and murdered every 31 minutes. These figures are truly disturbing and something must be done. That is why I joined my Republican colleagues from the House Judiciary Committee…
Compromise reached on mental-commitment reforms
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General Assembly Report by Rob Bell Last week, a compromise was reached between the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia Senate and Gov. Kaine’s office to reform Virginia’s mental-commitment laws. The new laws will constitute the most sweeping reforms of mental commitment in Virginia in 30 years. I authored several bills to address aspects of…
Crossover
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General Assembly Report column by Del. Ben Cline Crossover week is the midpoint of this year’s 60-day General Assembly session when all House bills must “crossover” to the Senate, and vice versa. The week culminated in crossover day on Monday, which was the longest floor day of the session. While we have grown more efficient…
A violation of constitutional rights? Staunton incident highlights gun-rights debate
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The Top Story by Chris Graham “Three guys came into the restaurant, and two of them had guns in their belts. And, I mean, they didn’t look like undercover police. But then again, what does undercover police look like? But … uh … it just looks kind of odd. They kept getting up and going…
