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2023 Business Leaders Breakfast
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Business Leaders Breakfast 2022
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Business Leaders Breakfast 2021
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Petersen Senate Sentinel: Jamestown 400
Friends, Virginians, Citizens of Fairfax: On a hot summer day on July 31, 1619, the first House of Burgesses convened in Virginia. Was it the first democratic assembly in the New World? Likely not. But it is the only democratic…
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Bills to Protect Virginia Landowners in Pipeline Cases Fail
By Ben Burstein, Capital News Service Landowners fighting to keep their property from being taken by pipeline building companies will continue footing the legal bills after two bills failed in the House. Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax, said he introduced the…
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Roanoke Times: Bill to allow UVa-Wise to offer reduced tuition rate to Appalachian students passes House
RICHMOND — A bill that would allow the University of Virginia’s College at Wise to offer reduced tuition rates to any students from the Appalachian region passed the House of Delegates on Tuesday. HB 1666 from Del. Terry Kilgore, R-Scott,…
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Previously on the Virginia Mercury: Bill meant to level the playing field for pipeline takings passes Senate
New legislation that would level the playing field for property owners in an eminent domain taking lawsuit sailed through the Senate on Thursday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Fairfax City, would eliminate provisions in the assessments of costs…
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Chap Petersen column: Real-world experience: A proposal to cure senior-itis
In my small law practice, I hire a lot of young people. I need interns for research, assistants to answer phones, and paralegals to prepare cases. Every summer, I hire summer assistants right out of high school. Some of these…
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Press Release: Senate rejects amendment to Dominion bill to bans double-charging
RICHMOND, Va. – Virginia customers will be effectively double-charged for future electric infrastructure if a bill advanced by the Senate is signed into law. SB 966, patroned by Senator Frank W. Wagner (R-Virginia Beach), allows Dominion and Appalachian power companies…