A House committee approved a bill that would hold abortion clinics to the standard of outpatient surgical centers, a move supporters say will improve patient safety but opponents say is an attempt to curtail access to abortion. House Bill 2367, sponsored by Prince William Delegate Robert G. Marshall, R-13th District, was reported out of the…
Builders and real estate interests squared off against officials from high-growth jurisdictions at a Richmond public hearing Tuesday on ordinances localities use to limit growth to allow school facilities, roads, police or fire protection to catch up. Each side made its case before the House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee, which is considering bills by…
Man robbed at gunpoint on Longview Drive A 32-year-old man was robbed in the 1300 block of Longview Drive in Woodbridgeat 2:10 a.m. Saturday, Detective Dennis Mangan, Prince William police spokesman said on Monday. The victim was approached by two men as he got out of his car. One of the men pointed a “small…
The House of Delegates in a close 51-46 vote sent photo-red legislation back tothe body’s “killing ground committee” Monday,a move thatsponsor Delegate Michele B. McQuigg, R-51st District, said is meant toavoid a full House vote. The bill narrowly passed 12-10 on Friday out of the House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee. “It’s dead. And…
Democrat Gary Friedman plans to challenge incumbent Republican Gainesville District Supervisor Edgar Wilbourn in this year’s election, on many of the same Rural Crescent issues the two sparred over before. Creation of the Rural Crescent, a 100,000-acre rural preserve in the west, was a key factor in the 1999 campaign and may figure prominently in…