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Va panels advance distracted driver penalties

Tags: distracted driving, texting and driving,

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Va. House panel backs repeal of cohabitation law

Tags: cohabitation ban, Adam Ebbin

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House, Senate conferees on Va. budget bill

Twelve legislators were appointed Wednesday by the House and Senate to work as a conference committee on the state budget including two from Northern Virginia.

Tags: state budget

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House, Senate negotiators on transportation reform

Two Northern Virginia lawmakers will negotiate a compromise transportation funding bill that could alter local and state taxes and the fate of the Silver Line to Dulles.

Tags: transportation funding

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Fairfax officials fear Silver Line funding in jeopardy

As Virginia lawmakers continue to debate how to pay for transportation projects in the state, Fairfax County officials fear the loss of $300 million that is slated to help pay for constructing the Silver Line to Dulles.

Tags: transportation funding, transportation funding reform bill, Silver Line, Sharon Bulova, Jeff McKay

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Senate expedites a conditional Medicaid expansion

Senate Democrats and most Republicans have united to approve an expedited roadmap for expanding Medicaid in Virginia provided the federal government allows numerous cost-containment reforms.

Tags: medicaid, Affordable Care Act

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Virginia transportation bill: Compromise likely, Saslaw says

After several weeks of debate, maneuvering and preliminary votes, Virginia legislators have one last chance to make a deal to fix the state's crowded, and sometimes crumbing roads and bridges.

Tags: hank silverberg, Dick Saslaw, Bob McDonnell

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Va. Legislature considers income tax for roads, NOVA

Nine local governments in Northern Virginia would be allowed to impose an income to pay for local road projects under a bill advancing through the legislature. Local opponents liken the measure to legislative surrender as the state continues to struggle to fund transportation.

Tags: transportation funding, Chap Peterson, income taxes, Sharon Bulova

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No August opening for Virginia schools likely

Efforts to allow Virginia schools to open before Labor Day and a repeal of the so-called 'Kings Dominion' law have effectively died in the General Assembly.

Tags: Kings Dominion law, school calendar, tourism, hank silverberg

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House Roll Call on HB2313 (Howell, WJ)

Votes Tuesday by which the House of Delegates passed HB2313, the transportation funding reform bill, on a vote of 53-46 with one delegate not voting. Delegates are listed alphabetically according to their party and their vote. A yes vote is for final passage.

Tags: transportation funding, Roll Call

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