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On May 14th, 2008, The Senior Statesmen of Virginia hosted Senator Emmett Hanger, a Republican who is in his third term representing the Shenandoah Valley and a section of Albemarle County. Hanger reviewed the recently concluded General Assembly session, and discussed Governor Tim Kaine s plan to raise money for transportation. Bio from the Senior Statesmen: Emmett Hanger [...]

Although some states still ban ex-felons from voting, here in North Carolina, they've been able to vote fairly easily since the early 1970s but not many ex-felons know that. Jessica Jones reports.

On April 9th, 2008, the Senior Statesmen of Virginia hosted Charlottesville-area Delegates David Toscano and Rob Bell. The two reviewed this year s General Assembly session, and gave a preview of the upcoming veto session. Mike Ludgate serves as the moderator for the event, which was recorded by Dan Daniels with help from Jim Peterson. 00:00 - Introduction from Mike Ludgate 03:36 - Delegate David Toscano (D-57) 09:14 - Delegate Rob Bell (R-58) 18:21 - Question on legislation requiring Virginia medical students to take at least one course on geriatric medicine 20:47 - Question on transportation funding 23:44 - Question on whether the Delegates would support in the gas tax 29:34 - The Delegates are asked about their support for mass transit 33:40 - Question about regional transportation authorities 36:36 - Question about bipartisan redistricting 39:20 - What is the process used to provide support for the schools? 46:00 - Toscano discusses the revenue-sharing agreement between Charlottesville and Albemarle 47:32 - Delegate Bell is asked a question about the role of the teacher in cases of bullying 50:10 - Question about the state reimbursing dentists who accept patients on Medicaid 51:57 - Question about how state lottery funds go to education 53:20 - Question about pay-day loans 58:50 - Question about using private funding to build roads 1:00:20 - How can we get more support for enlarging and improving rail service in Virginia? 1:02:23 - Why can t there be stiffer laws to get the mentally ill into treatment? (Delegate Toscano had to leave, so the remaining questions are answered only by Delegate Bell) 1:08:18 - What is re-benchmarking? 1:09:38 - What aren t Charlottesville and Albemarle County consolidated into one authority? 1:11:52 - A question about prioritizing transportation spending

In February 2006, the United Nations General Assembly replaced the existing Commission of Human Rights with a Human Rights Council to establish a more impartial and credible body charged with monitoring respect for human rights around the world. Though the creation of this new body, comprised of 47 UN member States, has raised high expectations in the international human rights community, many issues as to the functioning and operation of the Council remain unresolved. This panel will address the challenges that lie ahead for the Human Rights Council and feature a distinguished group of speakers who represent governments, academia and the NGO community. Panelists Include: Gudmundur Alfredsson, Federico Andreu Guzman, Mark Lagon, Scott Lyons, Fernando Marino Menendez, and Diane Orentlicher (moderator).