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Va. lawmakers advance crime commission bills

A Virginia Senate panel endorsed legislation Monday to crack down on illegal cigarette trafficking and financial crimes against elderly or incapacitated adults.

Tags: Virginia State Crime Commission, elderly, Janet Howell,

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Va. lawmaker brings AK-47 to House floor

The gun control debate caused a wild scene Thursday in Virginia's House of Delegates.

Tags: Joe Morrissey, ak-47, The Washington Examiner

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Va. bills cutting menhaden catch move ahead

Tags: menhaden, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

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Va. Senate panel kills anti-abortion measure

A Republican-dominated Senate committee narrowly killed a bill Thursday that would have barred state-funded abortions for poor women carrying mortally deformed fetuses.

Tags: ultrasound, abortion

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Virginia lawmakers to consider version of Dream Act

Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly are pushing ahead with a bill that would allow children of undocumented workers to pay in-state tuition to attend state colleges.

Tags: dream act, tuition,

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Dragas reappointment passes 1st test in Richmond

Tags: Helen Dragas, Teresa Sullivan, uva, university of virginia,

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Va. House confirms state's first openly gay judge

Virginia's House of Delegates voted Tuesday to confirm Tracy Thorne-Begland as the state's first openly gay jurist, resolving a simmering social issue that last spring opened not only a deep partisan rift, but also a division among Republicans.

Tags: Tracy Thorne-Begland, judicial appointments, Richmond

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Bill targets airborne 'drones' that spy on hunters

Tags: drones, Frank Ruff, hunting, privacy

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Legislature convenes as rallies focus on abortion

Hundreds of anti-abortion activists gathered on Capitol Square in Richmond Wednesday to celebrate last year's legislative successes. Meanwhile dozens of abortion-rights supporters staged their own demonstration a few yards away.

Tags: abortion, Family Foundation, protests

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McDonnell makes big, final push for lasting legacy

Gov. Bob McDonnell is using his annual address to the state to make one big, last push for a lasting legislative legacy, urging lawmakers to embrace his education and transportation reforms.

Tags: Bob McDonnell, transportation, education, gas tax, teacher pay raise

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