Report: Governor's ABC plan won't get House hearing

Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plan to privatize the retail side of Virginia’s state-run liquor monopoly will not be heard in the House – effectively killing the measure for this session, the Richmond Time-Dispatch reports.

House General Laws Committee Chairman Chris Jones, R-Suffolk, whose panel has jurisdiction over the liquor bill, cited the year’s short session as reason to not hear the bill, while also noting his support for some of the governor’s other initiatives on economic development, pension reform, higher education and transportation.