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  • SC gov impeachment resolution to be introduced

    WRIC 8 News | 10/20/2009 08:07 pm

    A South Carolina legislator says he will introduce a resolution to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford when lawmakers return next week for a special session on unemployment benefits.

  • Officials called to conference on Calif. drought

    WRIC 8 News | 09/30/2009 04:46 pm

    The Obama administration on Wednesday urged California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call state lawmakers into a special session to deal with the state's water crisis.

  • Legislature awards $632,867 to wrongfully convicted man

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 08/20/2009 12:38 am

    Circumstances have changed since April, when Gov. Timothy M. Kaine pardoned Arthur Lee Whitfield, who served 22 years in prison for rapes that he didn’t commit. The Virginia Beach man ...

  • Va lawmakers gather for special session

    WWBT 12 News | 08/19/2009 09:15 am

    Associated Press - August 19, 2009 4:15 AM ET RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia legislators are gathering in Richmond for a special session to deal with the effects of a ...

  • Alaska lawmakers begin special session

    WRIC 8 News | 08/10/2009 06:58 pm

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -The Alaska Legislature has opened a special session with legislators expected to try to override former Gov. Sarah Palin's veto of $28 million in federal stimulus funds ...

  • Virginia lawmakers still grappling with high-court' ruling

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 08/07/2009 10:42 pm

    A General Assembly panel failed to reach agreement today on potential legislative solutions to a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion that threatens to tie up Virginia’s court system. Gov. Timothy ...

  • Chalkley: notification key to ruling working

    Mechanicsville Local | 08/05/2009 09:24 pm

    As the General Assembly prepares for a special session in two weeks, Hanover County Commonwealth's Attorney R.E. "Trip" Chalkley III already has a plan in place to deal with a ...

  • News Near You for August 4

    Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 08/04/2009 05:01 am

    Dinwiddie The Dinwiddie County School Board will meet in special session tomorrow at 6 p.m. in the School Board Office conference room of the Pamplin Building. The board will go ...

  • Bill would direct $445,000 to cleared Va. man

    WWBT 12 News | 07/24/2009 03:25 pm

    Associated Press - July 24, 2009 10:25 AM ET NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - A Virginia Beach senator says he will try to introduce a bill during next month's special session ...

  • Kaine calls special session on court system

    WWBT 12 News | 07/22/2009 11:10 pm

    A special session for Virginia lawmakers to deal with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could change the face of criminal prosecutions. The move comes a month after a Supreme ...

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