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prisons since Virginia has become a no-parole state. 4
Also on the slate for the legislators:
• Reforming the state’s welfare system.
• Requiring parental notification of teen-agers seeking abortions.
• Permitting gambling on riverboats in Eastern Virginia.
• Establishing charter schools free of some state regulations.
• Increasing pay for state workera with the money coming from the state agencies’ own budgets.
In addition to these proposals, the legislators are charged with finding $360 million in the budget to refund state taxes to federal retirees.
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