Proposal by Del. Marie March seeks to overturn gun control legislation passed by Democrats in 2020.
Politics
Today in the General Assembly
Tuesday, Feb. 8: Suetterlein’s bill on how to count absentee ballots advances to the Senate floor. His bill on fund-raising fails. Hackworth tax relief bill and Stanley school construction bill advance.
Senate committee blocks effort to turn Virginia Transportation Museum into a state agency
Panel first wants the state to study the fiscal impact of the proposal by Sen. John Edwards.
Today in the General Assembly
Monday, Feb. 7: Rasoul’s Catawba bill advances in House committee. Bill to pause mining permits in Southside fails.
Senate panel OKs Hackworth’s waste coal bill
Proposal would instruct state to identify gob piles around Southwest Virginia.
Hurley residents eligible for SBA disaster loans
Representatives of the federal agency will be in Hurley this month to help with the application process.
The class that wrote a bill
Del. Sam Rasoul’s bill to use Catawba Hospital for substance abuse treatment started with a Virginia Tech class.
War memorials bill fails in House committee
Proposal by Del. Wren Williams would have required localities to establish an independent commission to decide the fate of war monuments.
Wise County town of Pound faces losing charter
Kilgore’s bill gives residents of troubled town a year “to get their house in order.”
House panel OKs Rasoul’s Catawba Hospital study
Legislation would direct the state to look into the feasibility of turning the hospital into a state-of-the-art campus offering substance abuse treatment.


