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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Dick Saslaw, the acerbic, influential, business-friendly Democratic majority leader of the Virginia Senate, on Thursday announced plans to retire, saying he is proud of the legacy he will leave behind as his nearly five decades in state politics come to a close.
Almost a dozen House members are running for the state Senate, so they are not running for reelection in their House districts. And more than a handful of other House members are not seeking reelection at all.
A conference committee will seek to bridge the gulf between the House, which backs the governor's tax cuts, and the Senate, which does not.
Del. Jeff Bourne admitted it would be an "uphill battle" to convince the House Appropriations Committee to give Richmond Public Schools $15 million to rebuild William Fox Elementary in Richmond.
James Madison’s winter sports teams have picked up where the fall programs left off in their transition from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt Conference