Price, McClellan Leading Bill to Create Firearm Violence Prevention Center Today, Del. Marcia Price (D-Newport News) and Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond) released the following joint statement, following the recent outbreak of gun violence in Richmond and Hampton Roads. In Hampton Roads, 161 people were shot in the first three months of 2022, a 27% increase […]
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.” – John D. Rockefeller For many parents in America, the dream is the same: that their children will excel in school, get outstanding grades, and then graduate from a four-year collegiate institution before entering […]
Bill Would Allow Woodland Cemetery and Other Cemeteries Created From 1900-1948 to Qualify for State Funding On Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) signed Sen. Jennifer McClellan’s (D-Richmond) and Del. Delores McQuinn’s (D-Richmond) bills (SB 477 and HB 140) to expand eligibility for state-funded restoration and preservation of historic African-American cemeteries to include cemeteries opened between […]
While recreational marijuana is technically legal in Virginia, the path to purchasing it in stores is still a long way off. In February, Republicans in the House of Delegates killed legislation that would have allowed limited retail sales later this year. The state’s recreational market is scheduled to begin in 2024, but with a long regulatory road ahead, […]
A new state fund could give the Patawomeck Tribe a chance to reacquire tribal land and help protect battlefield sites throughout the state where Black soldiers fought and died. According to WFXR, the goal of the tribe is to obtain land in Crow’s Nest, located in Stafford County. Del. Delores L. McQuinn, (D-Richmond), introduced House Bill […]
Governor Glenn Youngkin signed into law HB1239 sponsored by Delegate Phillip A. Scott, empowering localities to cut car tax rates and prevent huge tax hikes driven by driven by dramatic increases in used vehicle values. “With prices soaring on the necessities that families and individuals use every day, Virginians are in dire need of relief […]
A controversial bill to largely undo a new criminal-justice transparency law in Virginia will be worked out behind closed doors in the General Assembly session’s last week. The Democratic-led state Senate voted 26-13 Tuesday to send the legislation to a conference committee, a small panel of legislators that will work out its details and present a final […]
Bill would end exception that prevented indigent people from appealing evictions Today, the House of Virginia passed Sen. Jennifer McClellan’s (D-Richmond) bill (SB 474), removing the requirement that indigent Virginians pay appeal bonds in order to have their eviction cases heard. The bill passed 65-35 bipartisan vote after passing the Senate with bipartisan support in […]
Solitary confinement is defined in Virginia as the isolation of an incarcerated person to a cell for at least 22 hours per day. Holding someone longer than 15 days in solitary confinement is considered torture by the United Nations, which prohibits the practice. It has been considered a brutal practice, with studies showing its impact on the mentality […]
School construction, teacher raises and per-pupil spending remain major debates between the two chambers Budget squabbles between the House and Senate are a normal part of business in the Virginia legislature. But debate broke out quickly this year after both chambers released their spending plans for K-12 education, which lay out competing visions on school […]
