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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: Virginia General Assembly, hank silverberg, Dick Saslaw, Bob McDonnell

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Senate panel advances governor's transportation bill

The full Virginia Senate is expected to debate and amend a bill that would eliminate the state's gas tax and increase the sales tax. A committee approved the governor's transportation bill Thursday but even Republicans say the bill needs changes before it could advance further.

Tags: gas tax, transportation funding, Virginia General Assembly, Dick Saslaw, Janet Howell, Jill Vogel

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McDonnell makes case for transportation tax change

Gov. Bob McDonnell used his annual address to the state Wednesday to make one big, last push for an enduring legislative legacy, urging lawmakers to enact his education and transportation reforms.

Tags: Bob McDonnell, hank silverberg, Dick Saslaw, tax, Dick Black, David Toscano

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Ire flashes over Va. protest, police response

Virginia's raucous legislative squabble over abortion restrictions took a more angry tone, replete with locker-room language, after 30 unruly protesters were arrested Saturday at the Capitol as police in riot gear responded with dogs and military-style rifles.

Tags: Dick Saslaw, anti-abortion

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Va. Senate organizing fight could be a showstopper

Democrats will let Republicans draw first blood in an opening-day General Assembly showdown over whether an evenly split Senate will share power or the GOP will assert a majority.

Tags: Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Senate, Bill Bolling, Dick Saslaw, A. Donald McEachin, Mark Herring, Thomas K. Norment Jr.

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