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Aging Va. General Assembly Building needs repairs

A new report says the aging General Assembly Building on Capitol Square has asbestos in one tower and multiple fire and safety code issues.

Tags: Capitol Square, Richard F. Silwoski

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Proposed East Coast uranium mine dividing Va.

A geologist walks the field's of a Southside Virginia farm and a shrieking Geiger counter illustrates what hundreds of jobs sound like - jobs that could be the salvation of this economically depressed area or spell its ruin.

Tags: uranium mining, Virginia Uranium Inc., Coles Hill, Va., uranium mining ban, economic development

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Va. lawmakers take aim at cigarette trafficking

Lawmakers are aiming to impose harsher penalties on cigarette traffickers in Virginia, where officials say low excise taxes have made it an attractive base for smugglers.

Tags: cigarettes, smuggling,

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GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change

A bill that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards votes by congressional district is expected to fail this year.

Tags: Jill Vogel, electoral college, GOP

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Poll: Majority of Virginians want to close the gun show loophole

A new survey of Virginia voters shows that three- fourths want to close the state's so-called "gun show loophole."

Tags: Christopher Newport University, Quentin Kidd, poll, gun laws, gun show loophole, hank silverberg

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Va. House delays showdown on Senate redistricting

The House showdown over a surprise redistricting bill that Senate Republicans strong-armed to passage will have to wait for another day.

Tags: Virginia Senate Republicans, redistricting, Bill Howell, Bob Marshall

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Va. Senate approves 'dooring' bill

The Virginia Senate has approved a bill banning drivers from opening a car door without first checking to see if a bike, vehicle or pedestrian is coming.

Tags: dooring

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Va. Senate committee backs felons' rights bill

The Virginia Senate will consider legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights after the measure won a committee's endorsement Tuesday.

Tags: Virginia Senate, voting rights, voting rights of felons

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Va. Senate GOP springs redrawn Senate lines on Dems

State Senate Republicans muscled a surreptitious redraft of Virginia's 40 Senate districts to passage Monday by a single vote over bitter objections from Democrats who were blindsided by the surprise move.

Tags: Virginia Senate, senate district,

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Uranium backers gave gifts, donations to lawmakers

Interests lobbying the General Assembly to repeal a law banning uranium mining plied state legislators with nearly $140,000 in campaign contributions the past two years, according to data gleaned by a nonprofit and nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog.

Tags: virginia public access project, virginia state board of election, uranium mining, Virginia Uranium Inc.

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