By Brad Fulton and Claire Porter
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking the 2012 General Assembly to delay any action on lifting Virginia’s 30-year moratorium on mining uranium.
Politics
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Legislators from the Potomac Communities in Prince William and Stafford counties will play key roles in determining how the General Assembly crafts a state budget and addresses transportation and other issues during its 2012 session.
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Stafford, Va. — It’s official: Garrisonville residents have an interim representative on the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.
Conservative media outlet Bearing Drift is reporting the Republican Party of Virginia has notified the State Board of Elections they will rescind their request to require voters in the upcoming March 6 Primary Election to sign a pledge to vote Republican in November’s General Election.
The plan, dubbed a loyalty oath, was scrutinized by locally elected officials and by Gov. Robert F. McDonnell.
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By Michael Bodine
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — The Virginia General Assembly has been a battleground over abortion rights for years. While many bills restricting abortion rights were killed in the Democratic-controlled Senate in the past, recent Republican gains in the upper chamber increase the odds that such legislation will pass this session.
By Claire Porter
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Virginia Democratic leaders are speaking out against Republican legislation that they said seeks to make abortion illegal and even might restrict access to some forms of legal birth control.
By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Since he was elected to the Virginia House, Delegate Luke Torian (D-Dumfries,Woodbridge) has been pushing to bring Metrorail service to Prince William County.
By Chaneé Patterson
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – Parents should think twice about scheduling a family vacation at the end of August or in early September.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) today elected Prince William County Supervisor Frank J. Principi as its Chairman for 2012. The COG Board is made up of local and state elected officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia and is responsible for the regional body’s overall policy and funding decisions.
Principi was elected to his first term as Woodbridge Supervisor in November 2007 and, in addition to COG, he serves on a number of regional organizations, including the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO) Community Development Committee, Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission (PRTC), and the National Capitol Region’s Emergency Preparedness Council (EPC).
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By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. – When Mark Dudenhefer finally arrived at the state Capitol, he knew he was no longer just a member of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.