Saturday, May 18 2013 4:51 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:51:47 GMT
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nominationMore >>
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nominationMore >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 4:38 PM EDT2013-05-18 20:38:14 GMT
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River. The Coast Guard says a resident near Tappahannock noticed the 15-foot boatMore >>
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - The Coast Guard is searching in Virginia for two men whose small boat capsized in the Rappahannock River. The Coast Guard says a resident near Tappahannock noticed the 15-foot boatMore >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 2:09 PM EDT2013-05-18 18:09:03 GMT
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) - A Mega Millions ticket sold in Farmville has matched all six numbers in the latest drawing and will split the estimated $190 million jackpot with the holder of another winning ticketMore >>
FARMVILLE, Va. (AP) - A Mega Millions ticket sold in Farmville has matched all six numbers in the latest drawing and will split the estimated $190 million jackpot with the holder of another winning ticketMore >>
Saturday, May 18 2013 1:18 PM EDT2013-05-18 17:18:44 GMT
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – The Chesterfield County Police Department has arrested a woman who left three children under the age of eight in a vehicle while she went shopping. Police said Joy Gresham, 27,More >>
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – The Chesterfield County Police Department has arrested a woman who left three children under the age of eight in a vehicle while she went shopping. Police said Joy Gresham, 27,More >>
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Republican legislation requiring voters to bring photo identification with them to the polls starting in 2014 has passed over Democratic protests that it disenfranchises Virginia's most vulnerable voters.
The House completed passage of the Senate bill Wednesday on a mostly party line 65-34 vote.
Democratic Del. Jennifer McClellan argued that the bill preys on the elderly, particularly minorities, and likened the costs for complying with some requirements for obtaining photo IDs to the Jim Crow-era poll taxes some of them experienced.
Republicans countered that the bill only ensures that people entitled to cast ballots do so. But when pressed by Democratic Del. Joe Morrissey, none could point to a ballot-box voter fraud conviction or even a criminal charge for such an offense.
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