By KJ Mushung
Dumfries, Va. – Dumfries Town Councilman Gerald Foreman II and Interim Mayor Nancy West are both running for mayor in a special election May 1 to determine who will serve the remaining two years of the term of the late Fred Yohey Jr.
Politics
By Brad Fulton
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — A Senate committee has approved compromise legislation to allow Virginians to hunt on Sundays.
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By Amir Vera
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — Delegate Richard Anderson of Woodbridge is glad fellow Republican officials have abandoned a proposed requirement that voters sign a “loyalty oath” before casting ballots in the party’s March 6 presidential primary election.
By Alex Wiggins
Capital News Service
Richmond, Va. — For the average person, the sky is no longer the limit, but you just might have to be dead first.
Dale City, Va. — Senate hopeful George Allen will make a campaign stop in Dale City on Saturday morning.
The former Republican Virginia Governor will speak at a “Veterans for Allen” breakfast at VFW Post 1503 on Minneiville Road at 10:30 a.m.
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.
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.