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.
Category: Virginia Government
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.
House Republicans stop Sen. Norment’s felon voting rights proposal
A House committee on Friday stopped a proposal from Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., R-James City, that would have given legislators authority over deciding which felons receive the right to vote again, while reducing the governor’s power.
With elections ahead, Virginia Republicans look to widen General Assembly’s power
House of Delegates Speaker Bill Howell, R-Stafford, listens to debate as the House met in the State Capitol in Richmond, VA Friday, Feb. 3, 2017.
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.
Virginia Senate panel spikes bill that would restore utility rate reviews
Sen. J. Chapman Petersen, D-Fairfax City, waits to present a bill Monday during a meeting of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee in the General Assembly Building in Richmond.
Manchin: Research showing repeal ofACA would cripple opioid epidemic fight –
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin and prominent organizations and healthcare service providers in West Virginia, announce research by Harvard and New York University that shows repealing the Affordable Care Act would cut $5.5 billion per year from the fight against the opioid epidemic.
McAuliffe enters final General Assembly session with eye on legacy
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is entering the last legislative session of his term. The General Assembly convenes Wednesday for the final session of Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s term, and the world looks a bit different from what the Democrat expected just a few weeks ago.
Virginia’s governor race could be a referendum on Donald Trump’s politics
VIRGINIA, the one state in the old confederacy carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016, chooses a new governor next year. Ditto New Jersey, another blue state, where the departing Republican governor, Chris Christie, is an on-again, off-again-but these days, mostly off-again-adviser to Donald Trump, the president-elect.