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The first of the more than 30 people arrested yesterday at the Virginia State Capitol will be arraigned tomorrow (Monday, March 5) at 9 am, at the John Marshall Court Building, 400 N. 9th St. in downtown Richmond. The Defenders are urging everyone who can to please attend this hearing and support these courageous champions of women's rights. Another group will be arraigned at 9 am on Friday, March 16, at the Manchester Courthouse, 900 Hull St. on South Side.
These folks, most of them women, were part of a rally and march of around 1,000 people protesting the arch-reactionary bills now being promoted in the General Assembly, including but not limited to the bill that would force women to have - and pay for - an ultrasound exam before being able to get an abortion.
The 30-plus people were arrested while peacefully sitting on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol. Though they were nonviolent and made no threat of violence, the police showed up ready for war. There were Capitol police, state troopers in full riot gear and cops in green fatigues with automatic weapons. Those arrested were herded onto police buses and driven to the 9th Street lock-up. The men were processed first and released within a relatively short time. Most of the charges seem to be trespassing and unlawful assembly.
The cops reserved their vindictiveness for the women, who were kept on their bus for from five to nine hours, handcuffed. Some of the women suffered wrist injuries because of the tightness of the cuffs. For all this time they were given no water and no toilet breaks. One woman had to relieve herself at the back of the bus. After many complaints, the cops finally put a bucket on the bus and told the women to use that as a toilet. This information comes from several interviews I did today with some of the women who were on the bus.
The way these brave people were treated, especially the women, is an outrage and demands a strong response from all those who believe in freedom and justice. Please try to attend the arraignments. And please call the office of Gov. Robert McDonnell and tell him how you feel about this outrage, the latest in a long line being carried out against 99% of Virginians by the racist, sexist and thoroughly anti-working-class 1%.
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Virginia’s New Anti-Choice Restrictions Will Force 40-Year-Old Abortion Clinic To Close Th…
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Tara Culp-Ressler | ThinkProgress 22 Apr 2013 Hits:1844 Virginia
Read morePhoto ID plan lacking, Democratic elections official says
The vice chairwoman of the State Board of Elections says she has “some glaring issues” with the practicality and cost of Virginia’s new photo ID legislation for voting that Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law last month. Kimberly T. Bowers, a Democrat, was appointed to a four-year term as one of the state’s leading elections officials in 2011 by Gov. Bob McDonnell. She said in an interview that the process for obtaining a free government-issued photo ID “leaves a lot to be desired” and that the decision to implement a new...
Markus Schmidt | Richmond Times Dispatch 14 Apr 2013 Hits:1246 Virginia
Read moreVirginia House Democrats Call on Board of Health to Reject Regulations that Restrict Women…
Today, the Virginia Board of Health will take a final vote on regulations that would restrict women's access to reproductive health care by imposing standards that would force women's health centers in Virginia to undertake massive renovations or close altogether. The proposed regulations are the result of legislation passed by the General Assembly-with the overwhelming support of the House Republicans-and revised by Ken Cuccinelli, who strong armed the Board to vote on his version of the amendments. "This is yet another instance of Ken Cuccinelli and his Republican allies in the...
DPVA 12 Apr 2013 Hits:570 Virginia
Read moreJust fooling? Cuccinelli, Va. Democrats trade pranks
Backers of Virginia’s candidates for governor exchanged hard-edged humor Monday, issuing false April Fools' Day statements at their rival’s expense. Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccineli’s campaign struck first, issuing a release under the headline: “McAuliffe To Open Job-Rich Plant in Virginia.” The Republican spoof claimed that Terry McAuliffe had announced “a major commitment to bringing manufacturing jobs to Virginia” and that GreenTech, his electric car company, would soon open a factory outside Fredericksburg. Then, under a headline of APRIL FOOL’S! the statement noted that McAuliffe “chose to base his electric car company in...
Andrew Cain | Richmond Times Dispatch 01 Apr 2013 Hits:321 Virginia
Read moreDean group targets Va. House of Delegates seats
A political action committee spearheaded by former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will spend $750,000 to target five Republican-held districts in the Virginia House of Delegates for takeover by Democrats in the 2013 elections. Dubbing their effort the “Purple to Blue Project,” the group, Democracy for America, said it is embarking on a multi-year effort to reverse the trend of GOP-controlled legislatures in swing states like Virginia. The group plans to deploy data-driven, micro-targeting, mail and media strategies similar to those that helped President Barack Obama win Virginia and other in the 2012...
Jim Nolan | Richmond Times Dispatch 29 Mar 2013 Hits:331 Virginia
Read moreVirginia Set to Become First State to Pass Statewide Limitation on Drone Use
Governor Bob McDonnell last night proposed limited amendments to legislation that called for a two-year moratorium on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, by law enforcement and regulatory agencies in the Commonwealth thereby assuring that Virginia will become the first state in the nation to enact a statewide restriction on the use of drones. “This is an important first step in assuring all Virginians that we have reasonable rules in place that will govern the deployment of drones over the Commonwealth,” said Delegate Ben Cline, author of the...
ACLU Virginia 28 Mar 2013 Hits:325 Virginia
Read moreVirginia Restores Funding to Wage-and-Hour Department
Virginia workers like Anthony Van Buren will now have state investigators to take up their wage theft claims. (Photo by Raul Coto-Batres) After a months-long lobbying effort by labor advocates, Virginia’s General Assembly voted on Saturday to restore funding to the state's investigative division responsible for enforcing wage law. One year ago, the assembly cut its funding and reassigned the six investigators tasked with assisting Virginians whose wages are illegally withheld by their employers. Barring an unlikely veto by Republican Governor Bob McDonnell, the budget...
Spencer Woodman | In These Times 08 Mar 2013 Hits:338 Virginia
Read moreVirginia’s Feast on U.S. Funds Nears an End
ARLINGTON, Va. — To listen to the human side of sequestration, wait in line here for the 595 bus to Reston, Va., a journey across a suburbia grown fat and happy on a federal spending boom in the past decade, primarily military. While the rest of the country experienced a corrosive recession, unemployment in Arlington County, home of the Pentagon, never rose above 5 percent. Nearby Fairfax County, with a cyberintelligence industry that took off after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, gorged on government contracts to private companies. “It was easy, and...
TRIP GABRIEL | The New York Times 07 Mar 2013 Hits:674 Virginia
Read morePhoto ID bill headed to governor
By a 65-34 vote, the Virginia House of Delegates on Wednesday passed a measure that would mandate voters show photo ID at the polls. Senate Bill 1256, sponsored by Sen. Mark D. Obenshain, R-Harrisonburg, would also require the state to provide free photo ID to voters who do not have such identification. The bill now moves to the desk of Gov. Bob McDonnell, who has not commented on the legislation during the session. If McDonnell signs it, the U.S. Department of Justice would also have to...
Markus Schmidt | Richmond Times Dispatch 24 Feb 2013 Hits:509 Virginia
Read moreReforms at ‘front end’ of Medicaid expansion
Virginia will embark on a series of major reforms to its Medicaid program as a required prelude to extending coverage to as many as 400,000 uninsured Virginians by the middle of next year. The House of Delegates and Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to adopt amendments to the state budget that include the ability to reform and expand the joint federal-state health care program for the poor, subject to certification by a special legislative committee that benchmarks for reforms have been met. “It’s pretty clear...
Michael Martz | Richmond Times Dispatch 24 Feb 2013 Hits:398 Virginia
Read moreSenate, House negotiators reach agreement on transportation funding
Virginia Senate and House negotiators agreed on a deal today to resolve their differences over transportation funding. When fully phased in, the agreement in its current form would raise roughly $880 million by doing the following: -- Replace the current 17.5 cents per gallon tax on gasoline with a 3.5 percent wholesale tax paid by distributors and a 6 percent wholesale tax on diesel fuel; -- Increase the 5 percent retail sales and use tax paid on most purchases to 5.3 percent; -- Apply a $100 annual fee on alternative fuel...
Jim Nolan | Richmond Times Dispatch 21 Feb 2013 Hits:341 Virginia
Read moreRuling by House speaker deals blow to Senate redistricting
Speaker of the House William J. Howell, R-Stafford, has ruled that the surprise Senate amendments to redistricting changes are not germane, throwing the future of the proposed Senate boundary moves in doubt. Senate Republicans pushed through the amendments on a 20-19 party-line vote on a day when Democrats were down one member because Sen. Henry L. Marsh III, D-Richmond, attended inauguration ceremonies for President Barack Obama in Washington on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Because the Senate made changes to a House measure, it had...
Olympia Meola | Richmond Times Dispatch 06 Feb 2013 Hits:410 Virginia
Read moreVa. House speaker derails controversial GOP redistricting plan
RICHMOND — House Speaker William J. Howell effectively killed the GOP’s surprise Senate redistricting plan Wednesday, taking one of the most contentious issues off the table in this year’s General Assembly session Howell (R-Stafford) used a procedural move to scrap the proposed map, which Republicans muscled through the evenly divided Senate when a Democrat who is considered a civil rights icon was away in Washington to attend President Obama’s inauguration. Calling it a “vast rewrite of Senate districts,” Howell ruled that the map was not germane...
Laura Vozzella | Washington Post 06 Feb 2013 Hits:439 Virginia
Read moreVirginia Lawmakers Pass Even Stricter Voter ID Requirements
On Tuesday afternoon, the Virginia House and Senate passed two bills to make the state’s voter ID law even stricter. The measures, sponsored by Sen. Dick Black (R-VA) and Rep. Mark Cole (R-VA), would ban voters from presenting a utility bill, pay stub, government or Social Security card as proof of identity — all forms of ID allowed under the current law. They could still use a voter ID card, concealed handgun permit, drivers license, or student ID. But the Senate is also considering a bill that would even further restrict acceptable...
Aviva Shen | Think Progress Justice 05 Feb 2013 Hits:1151 Virginia
Read moreVirginia House of Delegates and Senate Approve Two Year Moratorium on Drones
Richmond, VA – The ACLU of Virginia applauded Virginia legislators as the House of Delegates and Senate today approved by overwhelming bi-partisan votes in both houses legislation that calls for a two year moratorium on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, by law enforcement and regulatory agencies in the Commonwealth. “We are very pleased that Virginia is the first state in which both chambers of its legislature have approved measures that limit the use of drones,” said Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director of the ACLU of Virginia. “We are...
ACLU VA 05 Feb 2013 Hits:605 Virginia
Read moreBlack delegates tempted by Virginia GOP’s Senate map
At least two black House Democrats say they might vote for the GOP’s surprise Virginia Senate redistricting plan, a move that could make it easier for Republican Gov. Robert F. McDonnell and House Speaker William J. Howell to find their way out of a sticky political quandary. Dels. Onzlee Ware (Roanoke) and Rosalyn R. Dance (Petersburg) told The Washington Post on Wednesday that they are considering the plan, which would create a new majority-black district in Southside but also disperse black voting power in at least...
Laura Vozzella | The Washington Post 31 Jan 2013 Hits:692 Virginia
Read moreVirginia Kills Off Electoral College Bill, for Real This Time
ProgressVA reports that the Virginia State Senate has killed the Electoral College-skewing Carrico bill. It was the Privileges and Elections committee, not the full Senate, that did the deed. Republicans run the committee, with eight out of 15 members. And the bill only got four "ayes." That leaves Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania as the next-most-likely places for a splitter bill. Hang on. No, it doesn't. The state House may be considering a new and controversial plan on how Michigan's Electoral College votes are distributed, but the state Senate isn't interested, said Senate...
David Weigel | Salon.com 31 Jan 2013 Hits:541 Virginia
Read moreProgressive groups deliver petitions against GOP-backed redistricting
A coalition of progressive groups spearheaded by Virginia New Majority delivered more than 18,000 petitions to Gov. Bob McDonnell today, asking him to veto a surprise redistricting change if it reaches his desk. Noah Feldman of Virginia New Majority called the change engineered by Senate Republicans “a massive power grab by the conservative state legislature that is going to attempt to steal the integrity of the people’s vote here in the commonwealth.” A majority of Virginians re-elected President Barack Obama last year and even...
Markus Schmidt | Richmond Times Dispatch 30 Jan 2013 Hits:413 Virginia
Read moreUNFINISHED BUSINESS: Ratification of The Equal Rights Amendment - VIRGINIA... What say you…
Each day women across this country continue to battle issues of inequality. The sad fact is that women still make seventy-four cents on the dollar in comparison to us men. By remaining stagnant on this issue, by simply brushing it aside, keeping it in the back of our minds, we remain committed to an all too familiar phrase, “separate, but equal.” The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), passed by Congress in 1972, would have become the 27th Amendment to the Constitution if three-fourths of the states had ratified it by June 30,...
Shaun Broy 30 Jan 2013 Hits:510 Virginia
Read moreLegislative Black Caucus rallies against surprise GOP redistricting plan
Leaders of Virginia's Legislative Black Caucus rallied against a surprise redistricting change approved by Senate Republicans, accusing the GOP today of "plantation politics." “These are trying times in Virginia. Last year, we were known as the epicenter for the war on women, now we are the epicenter for the war on Virginia voters,” Sen. A. Donald McEachin, D-Henrico, said before a crowd of more than 150 at the annual rally hosted by the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus at the Bell Tower on Capitol Square...
Markus Schmidt | Richmond Times Dispatch 29 Jan 2013 Hits:539 Virginia
Read moreVa. Republicans’ redistricting maneuver draws criticism
The secret plan began unfolding about two weeks ago. Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment Jr. went to Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling with a way to redraw Senate districts and make them more favorable to Republicans. But Bolling rejected the idea, fearing that it would set a bad precedent, according to two people familiar with the meeting but not authorized to discuss it publicly. Bolling, who would be needed to break a tie vote in the evenly divided Senate, also thought the move would so inflame...
By Laura Vozzella and Errin Haines | Washington Post 25 Jan 2013 Hits:450 Virginia
Read moreWith Marsh at inaugural, Senate Republicans pass redistricting rewrite
Senate Republicans on Monday pushed through a surprise rewrite of the 2011 redistricting plan that erases a Democratic seat in western Virginia and creates a sixth majority black district that would be located between Petersburg and Danville. Democrats were shocked by the move, vowing to oppose the new plan in court as an unconstitutional redo of Senate district boundaries. Republicans passed the new map without support of the governor or the lieutenant governor. The maneuver immediately poisoned the atmosphere at the 2013 General Assembly and threatened to...
Andrew Cain | Richmond Times Dispatch 22 Jan 2013 Hits:478 Virginia
Read moreShowdown at Capitol Square
The Virginia House of Delegates usually meets at noon, but Del. Joseph D. Morrissey, D-Henrico, turned it into High Noon today when he pulled out an AK-47 on the House floor to make a point for his gun control bill. “What you are looking at is a 30-round magazine. Right now, you’re allowed to have 50, 75 or 100-round magazines. We hear a lot of people talk about assault rifles, but it’s very different when you see one,” Morrissey said, waving the gun. “At many locations...
Markus S. Schmidt | Richmond Times Dispatch 17 Jan 2013 Hits:494 Virginia
Read moreFelons' rights bill barely clears Va. Senate panel
Legislation backed by Gov. Bob McDonnell to automatically restore nonviolent felons' voting rights emerged from a Senate subcommittee without a recommendation today. A motion to recommend the bill failed on a 3-3 vote, with all of the votes against the measure coming from McDonnell's fellow Republicans. The tie vote was enough to keep the measure alive for the full Privileges and Elections Committee. The Senate action came a day after a GOP-dominated House of Delegates subcommittee killed that chamber's version of the legislation and less...
Associated Press | Richmond Times Dispatch 15 Jan 2013 Hits:425 Virginia
Read moreNon-violent felon voting rights measure killed by House panel
A House of Delegates subcommittee this morning effectively killed proposals to automatically restore the rights of nonviolent felons, something Gov. Bob McDonnell called for in his State of the Commonwealth address. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Secretary of the Commonwealth Janet Kelly testified in favor of the constitutional amendment, though Cuccinelli made clear his support for restoring voting and other rights was specific to nonviolent felons. 'The governor and the secretary have done spectacular work in bringing standardization and a methodical and reliable approach...
Markus Schmidt & Olympia Meola | Richmond Times-Dispatch 15 Jan 2013 Hits:456 Virginia
Read moreLawyer says ‘modern-day slavery’ is happening in Virginia
In the heart of Richmond’s Southside, you’ll find a community saturated with Latino businesses. It bustles with community businesses that fulfill the needs of a growing population. “We are Dominican. We know how to work the hair. We know how to treat the people,” said Jose Almonte, co-owner of J&J beauty salon. Some of the residents like, Jose Almonte, are living the American dream. Almonte is Dominican and the co-owner of J&J beauty salon. Jose came to the U.S. in 1997. He and his wife, Judy, moved from the Bronx, New...
Sandra Jones | WTVR.com 11 Jan 2013 Hits:1048 Virginia
Read moreVoter Complaints Reveal Election Day Chaos In Virginia
The Virginia State Board of Elections received dozens of complaints from voters across the Commonwealth about the November elections, suggesting widespread issues beyond just the long lines emblematic of 2012 swing states. Correspondence obtained by ThinkProgress under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act shows voter complaints alleged significant problems including understaffed polls and errors made by poll workers. The dozens of complaints submitted mostly fell into a few areas:
Josh Israel | Think Progress - Justice 10 Jan 2013 Hits:1761 Virginia
Read moreMcDonnell urges restoration of nonviolent felons' rights
Having restored the civil rights of more felons than any of his predecessors, Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday called for automatic restoration of civil rights for nonviolent felons, committing his prestige to a proposal that his own party has resisted for years. “As a nation that believes in redemption and second chances, we must provide a clear path for willing individuals to be productive members of society once they have served their sentences and paid their fines and restitution,” the Republican said during his...
Olympia Meola | Richmond Times Dispatch 10 Jan 2013 Hits:408 Virginia
Read moreVirginia Democrat Not Concerned About Environment: He’s ‘Not Going To Be Here’
There are many words that could be used to describe many modern day conservatives of the Republican breed and, in rarer cases, the Democrat breed. Dishonest and greedy are a couple that come to mind. Such was the case in Virginia, where they are debating whether or not to lift a ban on uranium mining, a ban which goes back 30 years.
Jeremy Ryan | Addicting Info 10 Jan 2013 Hits:439 Virginia
Read moreStudy panel votes to lift uranium mining ban
Watkins’ proposal to lift ban would apply only to that county. A General Assembly study panel voted Monday in favor of lifting Virginia’s 31-year ban on uranium mining — but only in one spot in Southside Virginia. The panel, the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission, endorsed a proposal by Sen. John Watkins, R-Powhatan, to require the state to draft uranium-mining regulations, a move Watkins announced weeks ago. But Watkins, a member of the panel, said Monday that his proposal would allow mining only in Pittsylvania County, where...
Rex Springston | Richmond Times Dispatch 08 Jan 2013 Hits:425 Virginia
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En marcha campaña por la gobernación de Virginia | El Tiempo Latino
Por Milagros Meléndez-Vela, En noviembre, los residentes de Virginia elegirán a su nuevo gobernador para reemplazar al saliente Bob McDonnell, que culmina su mandato. Y los candidatos ya están definidos: el republicano Ken Cuccinelli, actual...
Immigrants rights groups march on congressman’s Herndon office | Fairfax Times
By Gregg MacDonald, About 150 people marched on Rep. Frank Wolf’s (R-Dist. 10) office in Herndon Wednesday, blaring cadences from bullhorns, waving signs, and demanding that he take a standpreferably in their favoron immigration reform....
Congresista Wolf: El tiempo es ahora | Washington Hispanic
Por Giomar Silva, El 1 de mayo se realizaron marchas por la reforma migratoria en todo el país. La elección de esta fecha no fue casual: en muchas partes del mundo -80 países- se celebra el Día Internacional del Trabajo, en memoria de los...
Groups: Immigration Bill a Mixed Bag | Public News Service
RICHMOND, Va. The first bill aimed at reforming immigration in a long time was introduced in mid-April by a bipartisan group of senators. So far, it has received mixed reactions, including from immigrants rights groups in Virginia. Today,...
Immigration Reform Rally Planned in Herndon Wednesday | Herndon Patch
By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Two hundred are expected to attend a rally with the goal being to influence Congressman Frank Wolf (R-10) to support immigration reform, organizers said. Read more here.
Marcha pro inmigrantes en el dia del trabajo
By, Silvana Quiroz, Residentes de Herndon Virginia celebraron hoy el día del trabajador con una marcha que termino en la oficina de su congresista. Read more here.
En Virginia latinos marchan por la reforma migratoria | Telemundo
By Randy Serrano, Con cantos de si se puede, carteles y una esperanza vibrante por una reforma migratoria, decenas de Virginianos marcharon hoy en Herndon, dando a conocer un anhelo por la legalización que aún no mengua. Read more here.
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- Del. S. Chris Jones (R-76), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
- Del. John O'Bannon (R-73), ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
- Del. Jimmie Massie (R-72)[17], ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member and Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Alternate
- Del. Christopher Peace (R-97)[17], ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force Member
- Del. Lee Ware (R-65), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
- Del. Robert Tata (R-85)[17], ALEC Education Task Force
- Del. Marvin Kirkland Cox (R-66)[17], ALEC Education Task Force
- Del. Mark L. Cole (R-88)[17], ALEC Education Task Force
- Del. Riley E. Ingram (R-62)[17], ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
- Del. John A. Cosgrove, Jr. (R-78), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
- Del. Timothy D. Hugo (R-40), ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Member
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- Del. Barbara J. Comstock (R-34), ALEC Telecommunications and Information Technology Task Force Alternate
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- Sen. Frank Wagner (R-7), ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Member
- Sen. Stephen D. Newman (R-23), ALEC Education Task Force
- Sen. Frank M. Ruff, Jr. (R-15)[17], ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Member
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