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744 views BILLS STILL ALIVE Don’t let the long list fool you. While the majority of the bills we’ve been following have either passed both chambers or seem well on their way to doing so, some of the most impactful bills are now dead, and others have been amended into meekness.  The entire category of Utility Reform got emptied out into the dumpster in Senate Commerce and Labor, which also killed Jeff Bourne’s “right to shop” bill that would have opened up the renewable energy market....

Ex Parte Virginia was the third of three cases involving African American jury service that the Supreme Court decided on March 1, 1880. James D. Coles, a Pittsylvania County judge, was indicted on February 27, 1879, for refusing to allow African Americans to serve on juries. The federal grand juries that met in Danville and Lynchburg in February and March 1879 indicted judges from the following fourteen counties for violating the Civil Rights Act of 1875 by barring African Americans from jury s...

The state of Virginia might be the next state to enact a privacy law. Senate Bill No. 1392 recently passed the Senate and is likely on its way to Governor Ralph Northam’s desk.

Alexandria Seeks to Lead the Way in Virginia in Collective Bargaining for Employees Soon, some City employees may have more of a voice when it comes to decisions that affect their employment. The City of Alexandria is setting itself up to be among the first municipalities in the state to pass an ordinance allowing for collective bargaining by unions on behalf of city employees. A recent change in Virginia law, codified in Virginia Code § 40.1-57.2, permits counties, cities and towns to ad...

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Harry H. Rogers, 37, pleaded to three counts of assault and one count each of destruction of property and hit and run.

Self-identified KKK leader who drove through protesters in Virginia is sentenced to nearly four years Emily Davies, The Washington Post Feb. 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The self-identified Virginia Ku Klux Klan leader accused of driving a truck through Black Lives Matter protesters over the summerwas sentenced to 3 years and 8 months in prison on Tuesday. Harry Rogers, a 37-year-old from Hanover, pleaded guilty on Thursday to three counts of assault and one count each of destruction of proper...

KKK member who drove through BLM march sentenced to jail Harry Rogers, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, was sentenced to five years in jail for driving his truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Henrico last summer. About two years of that jail time was knocked off the sentence due to time already served and suspended sentences. In court Tuesday, Rogers apologized for his actions and said he wished he acted differently. Rogers, 37, pleaded guilty last week to three counts of ...

The wife of Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley reportedly filed a criminal complaint against the leader of a protest outside the couple’s suburban Washington, D.C., home last month. A Fairfax County, Virginia, magistrate decided there was probable cause to charge protest leader Patrick Young of Washington, D.C., with a misdemeanor for “violating the tranquility of a home,” ABC News reported. The ...

Sen. Josh Hawley’s wife files criminal complaint over protest outside couple’s Washington, D.C. home: report Dave Goldiner The wife of Missouri Senator Josh Hawley reportedly filed a criminal complaint against the leader of a protest outside the couple’s suburban Washington D.C. home last month. A Fairfax Count magistrate decided there was probable cause to charge protest leader Patrick Young of Washington, D.C. with a misdemeanor for “violating the tranquility of a home...