The state Senate has advanced legislation that strengthens current domestic abuse laws, while also cracking down on gun violence. The measure sponsored by a Northern Virginia senator passed overwhelmingly. But as Virginia Public Radio’s Tommie McNeil reports, it was still met with some resistance on the Senate floor.
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