Lillian Hull Delegate Bob Hull’s mother died last week. She had been ill for some time. I was indeed saddened by her loss.
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Senator Whipple’s Richmond Report
This year, even more than most years, the budget dominated the Session.
News from the Coffin Corner: Delegate Hull’s Richmond Report
Halfway Home This past Tuesday was Crossover in the General Assembly. It has nothing to do with the River Styx; it is the legislative half-way point.
Delegate Jim Scott’s Richmond Report
Nearing “crossover” with uncertainty Each year at roughly the mid-point in the General Assembly session,
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Secretary of Transition
As gasoline prices go higher and higher and as the polls show voters more and more concerned about how they are going to fill their tanks, the Congress is starting to stir.
Mary Margaret Whipple’s Richmond Report
Somehow the month of May seems to be rushing by. Although the Regular Session and the first Special Session of the General Assembly were completed in April, there is still another Special Session on transportation coming up on June 23.
Senator Whipple’s Richmond Report
Those of you who follow the actions of the Virginia General Assembly know that progress is often slow and incremental in nature.
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
Having left Richmond after approving the Budget, House and Senate members are planning to return to Richmond on April 23 for the annual “Reconvened” or “Veto” session.
Delegate Hull’s Richmond Report
Downhill from Here Last week, we reached the halfway point of the 2007 General Assembly session as last Tuesday was “Crossover.”
Delegate Scott’s Richmond Report
Left in committee Thanks to the press, many people know that numerous bills considered in the House of Delegates never receive a recorded vote. No minutes are taken of subcommittee votes so the chair of the full committee has to rely on the chair of the subcommittee to report accurately […]