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No, not Jeff Sessions. Sessions was asked whether representatives of the Trump campaign had been in contact with Russian officials on behalf of the campaign, and Sessions said he didn’t know anything about that.

Most House bills die on unrecorded votes

During the recently concluded legislative session, three bills to increase the minimum wage in Virginia died in the House Labor and Commerce Committee. Want to know who voted for or against the measures? Sorry; the votes went unrecorded.

Virginia Legislature Sends Anti-LGBTQ License to Discriminate Bill to Governor

Today, the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Virginia blasted the Virginia House of Representative’s final vote of 54 to 38 passing House Bill 2025 — discriminatory legislation seeking to give taxpayer-funded agencies and service providers a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people under the guise of religion. The dangerous anti-LGBTQ proposal now heads to Governor Terry McAuliffe, who has to veto the bill.

Pentagon officials: Russian actions a ‘test of the new administration’

Moscow recently deployed a banned land-based cruise missile, dispatched a spy ship up the Atlantic coast and buzzed an American warship in the Black Sea. The developments raise the question of how the new White House occupant will address Russian assertiveness and whether, after complimenting Russian President Vladimir Putin and playing down Russia’s adversarial relationship with the US, Trump will resort to any confrontational responses.

Virginia set to execute man convicted in family’s slaying

This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Ricky Gray who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening, Jan. 18, 2017, at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Gray is scheduled to be put to death for the murders of 9-year-old Stella Harvey and 4-year-old sister, Ruby, as well as their parents Bryan and Kathryn Harvey in 2006.

Attorney: DC sniper life sentence unconstitutional

An attorney for a man convicted of taking part in sniper shootings that left 10 people dead in the Washington area is asking a judge to toss his life sentence because he was convicted as a juvenile. In a motion filed Friday in a Maryland county court, public defender James Johnston argues that Lee Boyd Malvo’s mandatory life sentence is illegal because the U.S. Supreme Court determined such sentences are unconstitutional for juveniles.

Letters: Anguish over Electoral College misplaced

William Sierichs Jr.’s recent letter to the editor is emblazoned with a brash title which boldly exclaims, “Abolish the Electoral College.” It reminded me of Bobby Jindal’s comic declaration during a disastrous presidential campaign – “Abolish the Supreme Court.”