Posts Tagged Virginia Senate
Voting in a Pandemic: Drop Boxes Legislation Moves Forward in Virginia Senate
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 27, 2020
Lawmakers in Richmond are considering a plan to fund drop boxes for ballots across Virginia. Michael Pope reports.
Legislating in the Era of COVID: Zoom Meetings and Electronic Votes
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 24, 2020
Republican Senate Minority Leader Tommy Norment says the Senate has never voted on anything virtually, and he warns it will be a “dangerous precedent” to start voting via Zoom during Monday’s Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee meeting.
Members of the Virginia Senate are joining the era of Zoom, voting electronically during a special session. Michael Pope reports.
Several Criminal Justice Reform Bills Quickly Pass Through Senate Panel
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 19, 2020
Lawmakers are back in Richmond, and they’re already taking action on reforming policing. Michael Pope reports.
Lucas Charges Had Lawmakers Buzzing on First Day of Special Session
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 18, 2020
President Pro Tempore of the Senate Louise Lucas
moves that the Senate adjourn until, ending the chamber’s first day of special session. Lucas has been the center of attention this week because the Portsmouth Police Department
is charging her with “injury” to a Confederate monument (Credit: Michael Pope)
As lawmakers arrived in Richmond for a special session to rewrite the budget and adopt criminal justice reform, lawmakers are buzzing about one of their own members charged with a felony. Michael Pope has the story.
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From NPR News- Dutch Celebrities Face Backlash After Rejecting Efforts To Prevent COVID-19 September 24, 2020With the hashtag #ikdoenietmeermee ("I no longer participate"), several musicians and influencers said on social media they were opting out of campaigns to promote social distancing and face masks.
- PHOTOS: Scenes From Breonna Taylor Protests Around The Country September 24, 2020Protests emerged around the country after no police officers were charged directly over the death of Breonna Taylor in Louisville. Here's a selection of pictures of demonstrations nationwide.
- Tear Gas Deployed In Atlanta During Breonna Taylor Protests September 24, 2020Demonstrators took to the streets of Atlanta overnight in the wake of the decision not to charge officers directly over Taylor's death. Candidates for Georgia's Senate race weighed in.
- 'Honor Her Wish': Trump Met With Boos As He Pays Respects To Ruth Bader Ginsburg September 24, 2020The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose at the Supreme Court. President Trump is expected to announce his nominee to replace Ginsburg on Saturday.
- Republican Leaders Reject Trump Hedging On Transfer Of Power September 24, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others rebuked President Trump's equivocation about whether he might transfer power peacefully against a backdrop of uncertainty about the ongoing election.
- Dutch Celebrities Face Backlash After Rejecting Efforts To Prevent COVID-19 September 24, 2020
- From BBC News
- Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme September 24, 2020Wages will be topped up for six months, but chancellor says it is "impossible " to say how many jobs will be saved.
- NHS Covid-19 app: One million downloads of contact tracer for England and Wales September 24, 2020Users are being urged to install the app to protect themselves and others against the resurgent virus.
- Hancock refuses to rule out Christmas student lockdown September 24, 2020Matt Hancock refuses to rule out stopping students returning home, to limit spread of coronavirus.
- Uni self-isolation: PPE to pee and being stuck in bedroom September 24, 2020How students in Glasgow halls of residence are coping with self-isolation amid a coronavirus outbreak.
- Black barrister mistaken for defendant three times September 24, 2020Alexandra Wilson says she was challenged by court staff who assumed she was there to face charges.
- Rishi Sunak defends emergency jobs scheme September 24, 2020
