Va. lawmakers pass slavery apology
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Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday overwhelmingly passed legislation to hike fines to as  much as $500,000 on broadcasters and entertainers who violate  decency limits on the air.
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The father of one of the Virginia Tech shooting victims asked state lawmakers Monday to pass better gun laws and close the legal loopholes that allowed a student gunman to skirt Virginia's mental health system.
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RICHMOND, Sept. 21 -- A Republican state legislator from Fairfax County has launched an attack ad on cable TV against his Democratic opponent that features unidentified, unverified quotes from a blog.
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LONDON  - A Conservative lawmaker was told by his party boss Saturday to apologize for an article that criticized the people of Liverpool for their "extreme reaction" to the beheading of a local man in Iraq and described them as "wallowing in victimhood."
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RICHMOND, Jan. 25 -- The Virginia House of Delegates took a major step toward strengthening the state's mental health laws Friday as a panel passed legislation that would ease the standard by which mentally ill people can be involuntarily committed to hospitals, an issue raised after the Virginia...
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By Michael Sluss and Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 4--RICHMOND -- Vic Thomas was not a controversial figure during his 30-year career in the House of Delegates.
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By Lee Tolliver, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 18--A bill that would require boat operators to pass a licensed boating safety education course has made it farther through the Virginia General Assembly than any previous attempt.
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Tempers flare over Va. Republicans' handling of controversial collective bargaining measure.
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 15--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers are getting ready to try to negotiate an agreement on a pair of bills aimed at guiding the future of Fort Monroe after the Army leaves in 2011.   Sen. Marty Williams, R-Newport News, and Del.
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New Jersey officially said Monday that it has "profound regret" for practicing slavery, and became the first state north of the Mason-Dixon line to pass such apologetic legislation.
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A House committee is expected to endorse a resolution urging Japan to apologize formally for coercing thousands of women to work as sex slaves for its wartime military.
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A committee of the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday approved a resolution that would make the state the first north of the Mason-Dixon line to apologize for slavery.
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- A Roanoke attorney has filed ethics complaints against two influential Hampton Roads senators, alleging they have a conflict of interest in the ongoing debate over eminent domain reform.   Sens. Thomas K.
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US lawmakers pass a bill that could tighten controls on gun ownership, in response to the Virginia Tech shootings.
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Bill restores rights of ex-Baath party members and ends a divisive legacy of bungled occupation
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 23--RICHMOND -- For the second year in a row, the General Assembly is approaching adjournment with lawmakers trying to hammer out a deal on legislation limiting government's power to seize private property by invoking eminent domain.