State lawmakers begin a short session with giant-sized issues - and financial quandaries looming
Cue your fourth-grade Virginia history and field trips to Jamestown, where they still fire off a good musket blast for wide-eyed children and chaperones.
State delegates opened their 400th session with a nod to Virginia colonists and the House of Burgesses, which first met in 1619 and became the House of Delegates.
The tinge of history seemed a fitting start to the General Assembly's 45-day session, which started last week, teeming with grand issues that summon long-standing debates and earlier eras.
Should Virginia back the Equal Rights Amendment?
Will the commonwealth open its arms to marijuana and gambling?
Can anything be done about gerrymandering?
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