Daily Progress: Campaign donor bill gets zapped
Give state Sen. Creigh Deeds credit for sticking to his convictions. Mr. Deeds was one of only two lawmakers to vote for a campaign finance reform bill when it recently came up before a committee. The...
View ArticlePress Release: Senate rejects amendment to Dominion bill to bans double-charging
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia customers will be effectively double-charged for future electric infrastructure if a bill advanced by the Senate is signed into law. SB 966, patroned by Senator Frank W....
View ArticleChap Petersen column: Real-world experience: A proposal to cure senior-itis
In my small law practice, I hire a lot of young people. I need interns for research, assistants to answer phones, and paralegals to prepare cases. Every summer, I hire summer assistants right out of...
View ArticlePreviously on the Virginia Mercury: Bill meant to level the playing field for...
New legislation that would level the playing field for property owners in an eminent domain taking lawsuit sailed through the Senate on Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax...
View ArticleRoanoke Times: Bill to allow UVa-Wise to offer reduced tuition rate to...
RICHMOND — A bill that would allow the University of Virginia’s College at Wise to offer reduced tuition rates to any students from the Appalachian region passed the House of Delegates on Tuesday. HB...
View ArticleBills to Protect Virginia Landowners in Pipeline Cases Fail
By Ben Burstein, Capital News Service Landowners fighting to keep their property from being taken by pipeline building companies will continue footing the legal bills after two bills failed in the...
View ArticlePetersen Senate Sentinel: Jamestown 400
Friends, Virginians, Citizens of Fairfax: On a hot summer day on July 31, 1619, the first House of Burgesses convened in Virginia. Was it the first democratic assembly in the New World? Likely not....
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