“The Freedom of Information Act does not exist to comfort residential or commercial developers,” said Del. Danica Roem, who voted against the bill. “It is for the public to have the most amount of access to its government as possible.”
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The lawyer for the former principal of Richneck Elementary School said Thursday that her client was never told the 6-year-old who shot his first grade teacher may have had a gun at school that day.
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The bills, introduced by Fairfax Democrat Marcus Simon and Colonial Heights Republican Mike Cherry, would have banned politicians from using campaign donations on personal expenditures.
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Del. Don Scott of Portsmouth called on the administration to come up with an immediate solution and said they should “have an answer today” about how to address the funding shortfall.
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Those who support the bill say it would ensure female athletes compete on a level playing field, while others argue it would discriminate against transgender athletes.
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Those who back the bill say it would empower parents. Others argue it would burden school staff, demonize certain books and lead to further restrictions down the road.
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About a dozen groups spoke out against the bill, including Wetlands Watch, the Cheseapeake Bay Foundation and the Southern Environmental Law Center.
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The General Assembly took action last year to make the commonwealth more appealing to veterans, passing a law that allows veterans 55 or older to deduct from their taxes tens of thousands of dollars in military retirement pay. But some legislators are hoping to go a step further this year by eliminating the age restriction.
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Two Peninsula legislators are now pushing for funding to help secure some of the school’s classrooms, which were built in the 1970s with an open concept.
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The authority is a political subdivision that oversees development on the state’s property at the fort. The bill would allow it to withhold “trade secrets, proprietary information or financial information” given to it from private individuals or entities.
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