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TRS Staff - January 19, 2019

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Virginia Could Join Growing Number Of States Raising Tobacco-Buying Age To 21

The bipartisan, bicameral bill from Virginia lawmakers would increase the minimum age for those prohibited from “purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products.”

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Alex Lemieux - January 18, 2019

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Will The Commonwealth Continue To Evade The Natural Right Of Religious Freedom?

“We are free to declare, and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right,” said Thomas Jefferson regarding any enacted premise that would strip Virginians, and indeed Americans, of their religious liberty.

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Alex Lemieux - January 16, 2019

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Carrie Coyner Begins 2019 Campaign For 62nd House Of Delegates District

“In this time of great division, we have proven that when we work together we can achieve great things,” Republican Carrie Coyner said in announcing her candidacy for the House of Delegates.

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Alex Lemieux - January 16, 2019

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Republican Rocky Holcomb Announces 2019 Bid For House Of Delegates

Charging that he will work to reform Virginia’s criminal justice system, protect healthcare for those with pre-existing conditions, and battle against higher taxes and job-killing regulations, the former delegate from the 85th House District announces his campaign for his old seat.

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Alex Lemieux - January 12, 2019

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Democrat Proposes Statewide Wholesale Gas Tax To Fund Interstate 81 Upgrades

“Providing a wholesale tax of 5% will go unnoticed by people filling up at the pump,” says Senator John Edwards (D-Roanoke).

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TRS Staff - September 28, 2018

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Richmond City Councilor Introduces Resolution To Request General Assembly To Grant Authority For Localities To Remove Confederate Statues

Ever since the violent Charlottesville rally one year ago, some localities around Virginia dotted with Confederate monuments have been working to pass measures that will have the General Assembly, in a Dillon Rule state, grant localities the authority the remove state-controlled statues.

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Alex Lemieux - September 13, 2018

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Partisan Politics Is The Name Of The Game In Virginia’s Redistricting Fight

False claims of stalling in the courts, false claims of stalling politically, false claims of protecting racial gerrymandering, and the refusal of Democrats to unveil the mysterious map maker are all leading to the frustration of Republicans in the House of Delegates in dealing with redistricting.

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Alex Lemieux - September 10, 2018

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Speaker Kirk Cox Talks About Possible Recommendations From Select Committee On School Safety

“We’re going to need to spend some money, but we’re going to need to spend it prudently,” Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights) said, remarking on possible recommendations coming from the Select Committee on School Safety, which may include physical and technological security measures, but will be centered around student wellness.

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Alex Lemieux - August 31, 2018

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House Democrat Slams Own Party’s Redistricting Plan As A Self-Serving Political Power Grab

Delegate Stephen Heretick (D-Portsmouth) came out against the House Democratic redistricting plan calling it “gerrymandering in response to gerrymandering. It’s tit-for-tat. It’s, in the immortal words of baseball great Yogi Berra, ‘it is deja vu all over again.'”