The previously announced live blog interview with Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37, Fairfax) now has a date: It will be Friday, March 7 at 2:00 or upon adjournment of the floor.

Please post your questions at this thread. This will be an exciting opportunity to… Read more>

Before today, differences between the House and Senate budgets were vast, and rumors of a prolonged session similar to those of recent budget years seemed to be moving toward relality.

Now it seems impossible to avoid.

Early today the state… Read more>

Just to prove it’s half as smart as a broken clock, which is right twice a day, the Senate Education and Health Committee actually passed a commonsense bill. In what must be a committee first, at least since the… Read more>

Today is commonly known around The Family Foundation headquarters as “Black Thursday.” It is the day when all reasonable, mainstream pro-life bills are killed in the Senate Education and Health Committee. While the votes are never really a surprise, the… Read more>

After reporting last night about his walk away from a tough vote on restoring abstinence education funding last week, Senator Chuck Colgan (D-29, Manassas) did the right thing, and came home today in dramatic Senate floor action that ended… Read more>

You remember that song . . . well, okay, I don’t remember it completely either. I think it was a commercial jingle popular for a long time for a diet soda: “Just one look . . . that’s all it… Read more>

Despite being known as the “Committee of Death,” sometimes the liberals in the Senate Education and Health Committee are good for a chuckle or two.

Yesterday, after Delegate Matt Lohr (R-26, Harrisonburg) had introduced House Bill 896, a bill dealing… Read more>

In another General Assembly exclusive, Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-37, Fairfax) has agreed to blog here live! The date and time have not been confirmed, but it should be around the 28th or early March. We will confirm the date… Read more>

It’s funny how certain bills not in your bill profile seem to pop up wherever you go. Such is the case of HB 1522, patroned by freshman Delegate Jimmie Massie (R-72, Henrico). We’ve mentioned it twice before. Read more>

A Senate sub-committee today voted to recommend to the full committee that it kill a major parental authority bill. The bill, HB 121, patroned by Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-31, Woodbridge), would require the notification of parents whose minor… Read more>