Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell credited mandatory evacuations for saving lives during Hurricane Irene. As many as 200,000 Virginians were under mandatory evacuation orders during the weekend storm, and many others were urged to leave coastal areas and those prone to …
For a few minutes from Georgia to Maine, the question rang out: What was that? The answer — a rare East Coast earthquake, magnitude 5.8 — was far down on the list for most not used to the earth shaking …
Gov. Bob McDonnell has vetoed bills that would have increased the maximum damage award for a medical malpractice lawsuit from $2 million to $3 million and would have stiffened penalties for environmental infractions. Amendments the governor withheld until a midnight …
Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Republican John McCain protected offshore tax shelters worth billions of dollars to U.S. insurance giants. In a trip to the battleground state 0f Virginia this week, Biden said McCain promised to oppose any …
From the governor to the people whose homes were demolished, Virginians were amazed and grateful that a tornado that injured 200 people killed no one. But in many ways, police and fire officials say, the worst may lie ahead. In …
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill Saturday to repeal high fees on state residents for various traffic offenses, and it could take effect in days. In an abrupt reversal, Senate Republicans who had voted against the measure, denying it …
The Virginia Senate this week finally passed its bill to repeal high fees on bad drivers by resolving a partisan impasse over how to rebate fees courts already imposed. The 39-0 vote marks the first passage by the House or …
The Virginia Senate rejected a bid last week to allow people already ordered to pay state abusive driver fees to go back to court and ask a judge to excuse the penalty. The floor amendment by Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle, …
The costly bad-driving fees on Virginians took a first step toward repeal in a chaotic proceeding this week, barely six months after they took effect. Lawmakers, however, stripped the bill of reimbursements for people who have already paid the surcharge …
A new report from the legislature’s watchdog agency found no evidence Virginia’s new fees on bad motorists deter abusive driving. The steep civil penalties for egregious behind-the-wheel behavior are applied inconsistently, according to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. …
