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Va. Senate passes two-year, $85 billion budget

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EpiPen bill nears passage in Virginia

Months after the death of a 7-year-old Chesterfield County girl who suffered an anaphylactic attack after a fellow student gave her peanuts at recess, Virginia is closing in on a law that would require schools to maintain epinephrine pens.

Tags: epinephrine, Virginia General Assembly, EpiPens, Loudoun Allergy Network, Thanita Glancey, Neal Augenstein, Amarria Johnson

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Fairfax County stays in Dulles Rail project

Despite a key vote in support of the Dulles Rail extension, the question of how much commuters will pay for tolls and whether anyone will ever be able to ride a train to Dulles International Airport remains up in the air.

Tags: Dulles Rail, Silver Line, Virginia General Assembly

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Key votes in Va. could impact tolls for drivers

A big battle lies ahead in Virginia over its state budget. It includes money that could keep some local tolls down, but it's far from a done deal.

Tags: Bill Howell, hank silverberg, Virginia budget, Dulles Toll Road, Dulles Rail, Virginia General Assembly

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WTOP's Top 5 morning stories

Five stories to keep you informed and get you going.

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Va. assembly adjourns Saturday, returns for budget

Virginia's General Assembly will adjourn on schedule Saturday without finishing a budget, giving legislators a breather from a session more charged with partisan enmity than any in memory while an embryonic state financing plan awaits their return in a spring special session.

Tags: public schools, Gov. Bob McDonnell, Bill Bolling, Virginia General Assembly

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Va. lawmakers spike 'castle doctrine' bills

Legislation making it clear that Virginians can kill intruders who threaten them is dead for this year.

Tags: Richard Stuart, castle doctrine, Virginia General Assembly, Joe Morrissey, David Albo

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Attempt to revive Va. GPS tracking bill fails

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Va. Senate kills 'personhood' bill for this year

A bill that would define life as starting at conception is done this year in the Virginia legislature.

Tags: abortion, Del. Bob Marshall, personhood, ultrasounds, Virginia General Assembly, Bob McDonnell

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'Triggerman' revision killed by Va. Senate panel

For the fifth year in a row, the Virginia General Assembly has rejected legislation to expand the state's death penalty law.

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