“Our democracy is strongest when everyone is able to participate, Delegate Price said. Author: Adriana De Alba Updated: 4:36 PM EST January 15, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. It’s the first of its kind in the Commonwealth: the Voting Rights Act of Virginia.
State Delegate Marcia Price (D-95), who represents parts of Newport News and Hampton introduced the legislation Tuesday.
It’s a push to expand the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, with updates to protect people’s right to vote across Virginia.
In an interview with 13News Now Friday, Price said the legislation aims to better serve communities by requiring localities to provide voting materials in languages other than English. It would also implement stronger measures against threats and voter intimidation.
VA pro-lifers brace for fight over funding abortions
Thursday, January 14, 2021 |
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Virginia’s liberal-led legislature is set to deal with abortion in the 2021 legislative session, and pro-life activists are bracing for the political and moral fight.
Olivia Turner of the Virginia Society for Human Life tells One New Now there is now a push to use taxpayers’ funds, and private insurers, to pay for abortion coverage.
A second bill would require that Obamacare health care exchanges offered in the state must pay for abortions as well.
The Virginia General Assembly was gavelled in Jan. 13 for a 30-day session.