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The men we send to Richmond go back March 21 to get a budget: (from top) Creigh Deeds, Bryce Reeves, Rob Bell, Matt Fariss, Steve Landes, David Toscano.

Controversial bills: How your legislators voted

The General Assembly adjourned March 10— without a budget, which some might consider the most important reason communities send legislators to Richmond. Nonetheless, legislators got a lot of bills passed and signed into law, thanks to an overwhelmingly Republican majority
You can play football on Sunday, so why not hunt, wonders Tony Shifflett, pictured with an eight-point buck.

Bloody Sunday? Repeal of hunting ban thrills-- and chills

When Karen Wood was shot to death in her own backyard in 1988 while wearing white mittens, some suggested the Maine woman's death was her own fault. After all, those mittens might resemble a deer's tail, and she had stepped outside during hunting season without wearing b
Our men in Richmond: House Minority Leader David Toscano (center) and the men who represent Albemarle. From left: Creigh Deeds, Bryce Reeves, Rob Bell, Matt Fariss, Steve Landes.

Local legislators: Tebow, triggermen among their bills

Every January, the six men representing the gerrymandered chunks of Albemarle and Charlottesville (and Rustburg!) head east on I-64 to participate in Virginia's part-time legislature. For 60 days, they'll strive for a budget and deal with the 2,228 bills (at last count) tha

You can still serve your kids booze, but barely

The Virginia General Assembly has sent the governor a bill that clarifies the law that allows parents to serve alcohol to minors.

Smoking gun: Bell a callous enforcer, say pot reformers

Delegate Rob Bell, right, votes against marijuana reform bills in committee and becomes the subject of a YouTube video. PHOTO FROM YOUTUBE Supporters of two bills on marijuana
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