FRONT ROYAL -- A Northern Shenandoah Valley delegate's bill banning "free spin" gambling machines in Virginia has passed both chambers of the General Assembly unanimously and now awaits the governor's signature.
FRONT ROYAL -- In announcing passage of his bill to fill local government vacancies by special election, Del. Clifford L. "Clay" Athey Jr. appears to be critical of Councilman N. Shae Parker's recent abstention regarding a vote to raise town taxes.
Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel's bill to shield Virginia residents from possible federal requirements that they purchase health insurance is a signature away from becoming law.
STRASBURG -- To put their future in perspective, students in a Strasburg High School government class journeyed to outer space with Rep. Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday morning.
A bill passed Monday by the state Senate aims to take some of the guesswork out of choosing wine, beer and liquor from Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control stores statewide.
WOODSTOCK -- With hours remaining before tonight's deadline to get names on the ballots for May's town elections, incumbents in New Market, Mt. Jackson and Edinburg have some or no competition.
The House of Delegates is expected to vote today on state budget amendments that don't commit the commonwealth to reimbursing any of the costs of a regional jail housing inmates from Shenandoah, Warren and Rappahannock counties.
During the course of the numerous phone calls Tracy Marlatt has made in the last few days, she told someone at one legislator's office that, if all goes as planned, they might as well remove all oil portraits hanging on the walls of the state Capitol.
FRONT ROYAL -- A Northern Shenandoah Valley delegate's bill banning "free spin" gambling machines in Virginia has passed both chambers of the General Assembly unanimously and now awaits the governor's signature.
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FRONT ROYAL -- Members of Front Royal Tea Party Central were greatly outnumbered and outflanked prior to Monday night's Town Council meeting.
STRASBURG -- To put their future in perspective, students in a Strasburg High School government class journeyed to outer space with Rep. Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday morning.
During the course of the numerous phone calls Tracy Marlatt has made in the last few days, she told someone at one legislator's office that, if all goes as planned, they might as well remove all oil portraits hanging on the walls of the state Capitol.
