All posts tagged "virginia senate"
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Virginia Senate committee approves pro-LGBT employment and fair housing bills
For the second year in a row, a Virginia Senate committee approved two nondiscrimination bills seeking to make LGBT Virginian’s lives a little easier. On...
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EV PAC backs four in contested Virginia Senate races
Equality Virginia PAC (EV PAC) on Monday announced it was backing four pro-LGBT non-incumbents seeking Senate seats ahead of November’s General Assembly elections, amid a...
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Senate Committee Approves Employment Nondiscrimination
A Virginia Senate committee narrowly approved a bill prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in public employment, moving the measure out of...
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Va. Senate Nixes Second-Parent Adoption Bill
A Virginia Senate committee voted 8-7 on Friday, Jan. 23, to reject a bill that would have allowed adults other than a person’s legally recognized...
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Virginia’s Nondiscrimination Bills: One Dies, One Survives
A Virginia Senate committee deadlocked on two pro-LGBT bills and postponed a vote on a third on Monday afternoon, but LGBT rights advocates are still hoping...
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Insurance bill passes Va. Senate with bipartisan support
A bill that would allow public institutions of higher education and localities in Virginia to expand health insurance coverage to a spouse, partner or other...
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Democrats win control of Virginia Senate with pro-LGBT candidate
Jennifer Wexton, the pro-equality, Equality Virginia PAC-endorsed Loudoun County resident and prosecutor seeking to replace Attorney General Mark Herring (D) in the Virginia Senate, romped...
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LGBT Outlook on Virginia's Special Elections
Just hours after Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Mathews, Accomack, Northampton counties) declared victory in the race for lieutenant governor of Virginia Tuesday night,...
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Virginia legislators’ pro-gay ratings up, but still far from friendly
Virginia General Assembly legislators overall earned higher pro-gay rankings on an annual legislative scorecard published by Equality Virginia Advocates Monday, due largely in part to...
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Va.’s Family Foundation legislative ratings highlight LGBT partisan divide
The anti-gay Family Foundation of Virginia last week released its 2012-2013 General Assembly ratings providing overall “pro-family scores” for Virginia legislators ahead of this year’s...
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Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passes anti-bullying bill
The Virginia Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Monday that sets in place a framework for local school boards to follow when crafting and adopting policies...
