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Virginia DREAM Act deferred
A Senate panel killed a measure Thursday that would have allowed undocumented immigrant children who achieve federal deferred-action status under President Barack Obama's July executive order to pay in-state tuition at Virginia's public colleges and...Tags: Elections, Students, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Labor Legislation
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Senate passes absentee voting for senior citizens
The Senate passed legislation Monday that would allow registered voters age 65 or older vote absentee without any other excuse. If passed by the House of Delegates and signed into law the measure would add a twelfth legitimate reason for casting an...Tags: Elections, Politics, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), John C. Miller, Voting
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UPDATED: Redistricting plans will alter legislative landscape in western Virginia
ReporterVirginia lawmakers return to Richmond Monday to redraw the state's legislative districts, and two new plans released Tuesday night would have a major impact on how our part of Virginia is represented. Because of population growth in other areas,...Tags: Elections, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Janet D Howell, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party
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Redistricting stalemate broken
UPDATE: Gov. Bob McDonnell late Thursday said he would sign the redistricting legislation passed by the General Assembly "as soon as it reaches my desk." In a statement, the governor said the legislation approved by state lawmakers earlier in the day...Tags: Elections, Justice System, Harry B. Blevins, Janet D Howell, Hampton Roads
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Redistricting session off to cloudy start
Lawmakers returned to Richmond Monday on a dazzling sunny day, but the effort to redraw Virginia's political maps remains clouded with partisan fighting and political gamesmanship. On Monday morning, the House and Senate Privileges and Elections...Tags: Justice System, Elections, 2010 Census, Regional Elections, Hampton Roads
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Norment flips on redistricting, just like the Dems before him
PolitiFact.com/VirginiaRedistricting is an ugly process, one that almost always leaves bruised feelings among the minority party. And that's playing out in both chambers of the General Assembly this week. Republicans control the House of Delegates and have eliminated the...Tags: Elections, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Janet D Howell, Maryland, Mary Margaret Whipple
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