Tag: criminal justice

2019 Session

ALERT: Protect civil rights of prison visitors in House Militia, Police, and Public Safety Subcommittee Thursday Jan. 17

By: Cindy Cunningham

2019 Session

ALERT: Call House Courts of Justice Subcommittee #1 to raise age at which someone is tried as an adult to 16

By: Cindy Cunningham

2019 Session

Alert: Senate Courts of Justice Driver’s License Suspensions

By: Cindy Cunningham

2019 Session

ALERT: Senate Courts of Justice considers death penalty SMI bill

By: Cindy Cunningham

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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

Dels Wilt, Tata, Kent, Bloxom say in Emergency Comm. mtg we don't know much, this is all in flux. Bloxom: "We don't know if they're gonna make across the board cuts, change the rules, or what." Glad to see GOP members are aware of the total chaos their party has thrown us into.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

Del Wilt says the Emergency Committee should "Avoid theatrics, avoid using it for campaign speeches."

(Which nobody did, this was a meeting that focused entirely on what facts we have so far, what the possible outcomes and effects are. And nobody gave in to the desire to rant.)
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

GOP Del Tata wants to incentivize Virginia employers to prioritize federal workers who've "lost their jobs."

I guess that means she doesn't think they were all out wasting taxpayer money golfing all day like her dear leader has said?
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

According to VA Municipal League, some localities will be harder hit by loss of federal funds. These include the Towns of Marion, Bluefield, Bedford, Wise, Tazewell, Culpeper, Pulaski, the County of Wise, City of Bristol, Town of Bridgewater, City of Martinsville, Galax.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 6 hours

In Emergency Committee mtg, VA Municipal League: "There is a palpable sense of anxiety." Cites the lack of clear information (he quotes one local official: "unclear, contradictory, and confusing"), and says that local governments don't know how to set their budgets.