Newest Wason Center Poll highlights priorities of Virginia voters I Voted sticker (Source: WVIR) By WDBJ Newsroom | February 2, 2021 at 10:20 AM EST - Updated February 2 at 10:20 AM
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WDBJ) - The newest poll from Christopher Newport Universityâs Wason Center for Civic Leadership gives a glimpse of what is important to Virginia voters as the 2021 General Assembly debates new laws and the state budget.
The poll showed Virginia voters strongly back legalizing marijuana, requiring employees to provide paid sick leave and repealing the death penalty. When it comes to priorities for increased state spending, voters ranked health care and K-12 education highest and tourism and prisons lowest.
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What s next for Trump? Answer may lie in 14th Amendment, Section 3
If the Senate invokes the provision, and it withstands court challenges, Trump would be barred from future public service. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 5:38 PM EST January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON Former President Donald J. Trump left the White House on Wednesday, but he didn t quite ride off into the sunset. Not with a Senate impeachment trial still hanging over his head.
Even if an evenly split Senate does not convict him, Trump still faces legal peril, in the form of a little-known addendum to the constitution.
Article 3 of the 14th Amendment is something that the Senate could turn to as an alternative to keep Trump from running for president in 2024.
On Wednesday, Governor Ralph Northam introduced legislation that would legalize marijuana sales in the Commonwealth. Author: Adriana De Alba Updated: 5:59 PM EST January 14, 2021
RICHMOND, Va. Virginia just took another step toward legalizing the sale of marijuana.
During his State of the Commonwealth address Wednesday, Governor Ralph Northam introduced his team’s legislation.
“We’ve done the research, and we can do this the right way: leading with social equity, public health and public safety, said Northam.
The proposed adult-use cannabis legislation would allow people ages 21 and older to sell marijuana beginning January 1, 2023.
Under the legislation, there will be five licenses to choose from: cultivation, processing, distribution, retail and testing.