WILLIAMSBURG — With early voting slated to begin Friday, The Greater Williamsburg Chamber of Commerce held its 2023 Candidate Forum Monday at Colonial Heritage.
While many local business owners said they were looking ahead to a brighter future, some still had concerns and questions and Senate Republicans called on the governor to do more.
Virginia lawmakers unanimously approve bill that bans facial recognition technology
Police could be banned from using facial recognition in Virginia
By: Caroline Coleburn
and last updated 2021-04-01 10:22:26-04
RICHMOND, Va. In February, Virginia lawmakers from both parties unanimously
approved a bill that would restrict the use of facial recognition technology.
Right now, law enforcement agencies across the state can use this technology without the knowledge of local or state leaders. Your images could be in these systems without you even knowing it.
Under the bill, any law enforcement agency using facial recognition technology must stop, and they can only get approval to use it if they seek special permission from the legislature beginning July 1.
Michael Pope reports.
When the prohibition on alcohol was repealed back in the 1930s, the General Assembly created a new liquor control plan and set up a new agency to regulate it: The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. Now Governor Ralph Northam says ABC should also regulate marijuana when it s legalized.
Senator Lionel Spruill is a Democrat from Chesapeake who disagrees with the governor.
Credit U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration I think this is too much for ABC to handle. We need to have a regulatory commission, another commission to start not ABC. This is really important for us. We need to start from ground zero, Spruill says. Find another agency that has the time and the know-how to put all the staff together to make this thing work for us. This is not the job for ABC.