By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Democrats hope the U.S. Justice Department will intervene if the Republican-controlled General Assembly passes laws imposing more stringent identification requirements on Virginia voters.
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Stafford, Va. — An ongoing effort to explore the addition of an At-large Chairman of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors took another turn, but not before lengthy debate on the issue.
The Board on Tuesday voted to create a panel that would study the feasibility of creating such a position – a Chairman that would be elected by voters and would answer to all of Stafford’s 130,000 residents. Sitting members of the Board currently appoint the Chairman who does not serve At-large.
By Zack Budryk
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Local jails and regional prisons in Virginia can continue to shackle female inmates during childbirth – a practice that Delegate Patrick Hope, D-Arlington, says is appalling.
Prince William County, Va. – Residents learned more about how some of their tax dollars are used and then urged a Woodbridge leader to bring change to the system.
By Claire Porter
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Democratic leaders and women’s right advocates sounded the alarm Thursday about three bills they said would limit a woman’s reproductive freedom in Virginia.
North Stafford, Va. – Timothy M. Kaine met Saturday with veterans and local politicians at the Globe and Laurel Restaurant.
The former Democratic Virginia Governor turned U.S. Senate candidate kicked off his newly formed “Veterans for Kaine” organization that will work for his campaign.
North Stafford, Va. — Former Virginia Gov. Timothy Kaine will stump in the Potomac Communties on Saturday in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
After meeting with Democrats in Manassas and Fredericksburg on Saturday morning, Kaine has invited veterans to join him at a roundtable discussion at the Globe and Laurel Restaurant in North Stafford. Expected to be at issue is helping returning war veterans find jobs.
By Brian Hill
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – A House subcommittee has defeated a Senate-approved bill that would have permitted hunting on Sundays in Virginia.
By Michael Bodine
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – The Virginia House of Delegates has advanced a bill that would make a broader range of criminals eligible for the death penalty.
Woodbridge, Va. — Prince William County residents may be paying more in property taxes in 2013, according to the rate proposed by Prince William County Executive Melissa Peacor.