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Katie King is a statehouse reporter for The Virginian-Pilot. She previously covered government in Wyoming and Washington, D.C. She also worked as a crime reporter in the British Virgin Islands, where she covered trials at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. She holds a degree in history and political science from James Madison University.
“Virginia has been a leader in animal welfare,” said PETA representative Daphna Nachminovitch. “I think we all saw last year that animal protection in our state is a bipartisan issue.”
“This doesn’t stop landlords from terminating anybody’s lease; it just essentially says to stagger it out a bit so the folks affected will have a better chance of getting assistance,” said Christine Marra, director of housing advocacy for the Virginia Poverty Law Center.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is one of two legislators leading a bipartisan push to reassert Congress’ constitutional right to decide when the military is sent to war.
Lots of bills are either dead or about to die as they cross over because the legislature is divided with a Republican-held House of Delegates and a Democrat majority in the Senate.
The bill would require people in prison be offered four hours of socialization per day and that anyone going into solitary first receive a medical and mental health evaluation.
Email communications between police and prosecutors released Friday suggest that prostitution-related charges against Rock Church Senior Pastor John Blanchard were withdrawn after he underwent a psychosexual examination and participated in sex offender counseling.