The final week of the Virginia General Assembly session begins today as legislators continue their work to forge a compromise on a comprehensive transportation plan and Medicaid expansion.
A coalition of consumer protection advocates says laws regulating the payday lending industry are working to shield customers from excessive interest rates.
A select group of House of Delegates and state Senate members is working on a transportation compromise, trying to offer something that both chambers and ultimately the Governor can live with.
A coalition of first responders is asking the state to fund fully the Line of Duty Act, which pays benefits to families of fallen officers and those severely wounded while doing their jobs. Craig Carper reports.
Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly have approved Gov. McDonnell’s Educator Fairness Act, which would extend new teachers' probationary window from three to five years and make it easier for school administrators to fire teachers deemed incompetent. Craig Carper reports.
A bill that many Democrats say would allow campus organizations to discriminate against individuals based on political and religious criteria or sexual orientation has passed both chambers of the General Assembly.
Both the House of Delegates and state Senate have approved identical bills with broad bipartisan support to make texting while driving a primary offense.
The off-year Senate redistricting manuever, denounced by Democrats and others, was shut down yesterday by the Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates, Bill Howell.
