After some very long floor sessions in both the House and the Senate, crossover was reached–for the rest of session, each chamber will only consider ….
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The Senate and the House (mostly?) completed committee work on their own chambers’ bills; just floor votes (a LOT) remain before crossover next week. In ….
Senate and House committees and subcommittees reported bills to the floor, many of which will be sure to be vetoed by Gov Youngkin. But importantly, ….
This was the last week before crossover. All bills that will make it to the other chamber had to be heard in committee this week. The ….
The General Assembly got down to business this week, with lots of committee and subcommittee work and very short floor sessions. Democrats quickly disposed of ….
2022 General Assembly is “divisive” General Assembly gets “divisive!” Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 28, 2022 Things have been pretty heated in the General ….
Guest author: Outgoing Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Miles “We treat our jurors just like mushrooms. Keep ’em in the dark, and feed ’em manure.” ….
by Chesterfield County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Scott Miles We have a lot of pent-up demand for progressive legislative action from our new majority, including the ERA, ….
There is only one single reported instance in the entire country of a juvenile sentenced to life without parole for a case not involving homicide ….
Over the last couple years, the Virginia Department of Corrections has made the news headlines, and not in a good way: There was the death ….