Virginia enacts broad 2013 transportation and crime reforms
Virginia colleagues brace for a Monday start to sweeping changes. The new transportation funding law boosts taxes and fees, caps texting while driving, raises sales taxes, and taxes hybrids and EVs. School grading begins, concealed permits lose public access, and other reforms include drone limits, FOIAs exemptions, and Lyme test disclosure rules.
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Week of Zimmerman trial testimony bolsters self defense claim
Sanford AP reports the first week of George Zimmerman’s second degree murder trial featured neighbors Jonathan Good and Jonathan Manalo and Officer Tim Smith describing the confrontation with Trayvon Martin. Good disputed a head slam, Manalo noted Martin’s hands under Zimmerman, and Smith observed grass on Zimmerman's back. Medical responders testified to facial injuries and concerns for Zimmerman's well being.
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