Posts Tagged Virginia Lawmakers
Virginia Delegation Considers Gun Control And School Safety Measures
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 7, 2018
Credit: Rog Cogswell / Creative Commons
President Trump surprised many when he gathered a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the White House and called on them to pass a comprehensive gun control bill comprised of many proposals opposed by the gun lobby.
That announcement caught Virginia Democratic Senator Mark Warner off guard. Matt Laslo reports.
Virginia’s Lawmakers Divided Over Proposed Defense Budget
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on March 29, 2017
Credit: Rudi Riet / Creative Commons
President Trump is calling to increase defense spending by $54 billion, which could mean a big boost for Virginia’s economy. But, Matt Laslo reports from Washington that not all of the state’s lawmakers are on board.
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From NPR News- 'Extremely Threatening' Hurricane Willa Heads For Mexico's Pacific Coast October 22, 2018The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, is expected to make landfall on the southwestern coast of Mexico sometime late Tuesday or Wednesday.
- He Witnessed A Rape In 1969. He's Finally Ready To Talk About It October 21, 2018NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Don Palmerine, who witnessed a rape as a teenager. After keeping silent for 50 years, he wrote about it in The Washington Post.
- Migrant Caravan Grows to 5,000 October 21, 2018A growing crowd of Central American migrants in southern Mexico is resuming its advance toward the U.S. border on Sunday.
- How One Group Is Galvanizing Dissatisfied Voters October 21, 2018In Colorado, a group is exploiting voter dissatisfaction with the two major political parties in an effort to elect unaffiliated candidates.
- U.S. To Pull Out Of International Arms Control Agreement October 21, 2018President Trump says he will pull the U.S. out of a 1987 arms control treaty with Russia. It was a treaty signed by President Reagan designed to reduce the dangers of nuclear war.
- 'Extremely Threatening' Hurricane Willa Heads For Mexico's Pacific Coast October 22, 2018
- From BBC News
- Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered October 22, 2018A senior minister blames a "rogue operation" as pressure mounts over the death of Jamal Khashoggi.
- Midterms: Is Russia still meddling in US politics? October 21, 2018How credible are clams that candidates are being hacked in the run-up to the US mid-term elections?
- Australia sexual abuse: National apology delivered to victims October 22, 2018The national apology is for tens of thousands of children who were sexually abused over decades.
- Indianapolis zoo lioness kills father of her three cubs October 22, 2018Lioness Zuri attacked the father of her cubs, Nyack, who had lived with her for eight years.
- Philip Morris accused of hypocrisy over anti-smoking ad October 22, 2018Philip Morris says its campaign is "an important next step" in its aim to stop selling cigarettes.
- Jamal Khashoggi death: Saudi Arabia says journalist was murdered October 22, 2018
