Va. Panel Kills Bills to Keep Red-Light Cameras
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The House committee let bills that would have allowed some Virginia communities to keep red-light cameras at intersections die on Monday, jeopardizing the state's decade-long experiment with the technology.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  May 30--A bill introduced in the S.C. House designed specifically to short circuit actions by the York County Council would set a bad precedent if approved.   The bill recently was introduced by state Rep.
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Virginia lawmakers dropped their droopy-pants bill Thursday after the whole thing became just too embarrassing.
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Requiring photos as proof of identity to vote is an unconstitutional burden that resurrects memories of Jim Crow-era laws designed to keep blacks from the polls, former Gov. Roy Barnes told the state's highest court Monday.
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Mar. 13--Virginia's political hierarchy is on the last leg of a relay race to create an overdue fix of the state's transportation system.
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House Republican leaders blocked and appeared to kill a bill Saturday that would have enacted the major recommendations of the Sept.
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By Timothy C. Barmann; Journal Staff Writer  Language creating a power authority to enable renewable energy projects is stripped from a bill in the final hours of the Assembly session.
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By Michael Hardy and Jeff E. Schapiro, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 24--Republican lawmakers yesterday rolled out a "last, best opportunity" for an election-year fix for transportation, but Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said it ignores much of the state.
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By Donna Porstner, The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Feb. 22--STAMFORD -- The Board of Representatives' Transportation Committee will hold a public hearing tonight on whether the city should put video feeds from traffic cameras on its Web site.   City Rep.
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By Chelyen Davis, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.  Mar. 1--RICHMOND -- Republican legislative leaders yesterday defended  their transportation plan and lashed out at Gov. Tim Kaine, who has said he  will substantially amend it and may veto it.
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Better information by officials could have saved lives in a shooting spree on campus at Virginia Tech that left 33 people dead, a high-profile independent panel investigating the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history says.
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A Senate committee voted yesterday to transfer airwaves used by dozens of television stations to spectrum-starved public safety organizations but included a provision that critics say
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By Joe Swickard, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 2--If law enforcement officials are thinking about using unmanned cameras at intersections to catch and ticket drivers running red lights, think again: The Michigan attorney general says it violates the law.
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By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU  WASHINGTON - Congress passed a handful of Nevada bills in a late- night flurry before lawmakers adjourned early Saturday.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 5--RELATED:  Fearless objection takes lawmakers by surprise   --Virginia Politics Blog   The Senate conservation committee endorsed a bill today that would strip powers from two pollution-fighting boards.
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 4--This is the first of two parts.   Back in 2001, Cumberland County officials decided they didn't need the Luther P. Jackson Elementary School on U.S. 60. The 32 classrooms had been empty for years and the building was a wreck.
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After two months of public hearings by the state panel investigating the Virginia Tech massacre, one thing has emerged most clearly: The state's system of dealing with the mentally ill is in almost desperate need of repair.