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Coyotes keep their day of rest

Once the camel sticks his nose under the tent, as lawmakers fear, or worse, once one hunter bags a coyote on the Christian Sabbath, it’s just a matter of time until the sacred Sunday hunting ban is abolished. Or so goes the logic behind the Virginia Senate’s slaying of a hunting bill. …

News we knew we knew

The Lynchburg News & Advance on Thursday reported the Lynchburg-Roanoke area ranks in the top 10 “Bible-minded cities” by the American Bible Society. …

Alternative modes of transportation

Gov.Bob McDonnell planned Thursday morning to swoop into Roanoke to stage a news conference that would stir the masses to support his transportation plan. Included in his list of pet projects is restoring passenger rail to Roanoke. …

Kids’ safety takes a beating in Richmond

Lawmakers could not be accused of swaddling Virginia’s youth in cotton, as legislation meant to keep them safe from impending and foreseeable harm took hard knocks. …

Correction/update

We’re erred Friday in “The GOP’s other raw power play” in writing that Republican Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel had joined Democrats in voting “no” in subcommittee on a GOP scheme to apportion Virginia’s electoral college votes by congressional district. The subcommittee split 3-3 on partisan lines, while Holtzman Vogel abstained. …

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