Members of the “money committees” heard similar messages in their respective annual pre-session retreats last week: sluggish economic growth is expected in the next several years; growth in mandatory spending pressures is projected to outstrip
Members of the “money committees” heard similar messages in their respective annual pre-session retreats last week: sluggish economic growth is expected in the next several years; growth in mandatory spending pressures is projected to outstrip
The House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee met on February 10 and reported their respective amendments to the Governor’s introduced budget.
The 2021 General Assembly convened in special session on February 10. Governor Ralph Northam issued a proclamation calling for the special session last week as
SB 1354 (Hanger) has been heard for the first time in the House, reporting favorably out of the House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Legislation proposing expansions of project eligibility for Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) projects has cleared its first hurdle in the House, reporting of the House
Legislation introduced by Senator Lynwood Lewis establishing a Carbon Sequestration Task Force has cleared its first hurdle in the House, reporting out of committee on
Legislation that would have mandated county participation in regional cigarette tax boards before the imposition of a cigarette tax has been significantly amended on the
SB 1401 (Pillion) would reduce the total number and type of required Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments to the minimum required by the federal Elementary
HB 1890 (Price) and SB 1395 (McClellan), which impose state oversight over certain local voting practices, have each passed their respective chambers of origin –
Legislation that would have exempted employees of local school boards from the prohibition on striking and from termination of employment for striking did not make
HB 2308 (Brewer) amends a Code section that deals with the amount of acreage that may be owned by certain benevolent or charitable associations. As
Two important bills that save localities money, provide greater certainty to wastewater treatment plants, and still provide a roadmap for achieving the goals and obligations
SB 1418 (McPike) amends an economic development incentive program known as the Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund (CDOF) by allowing “new teleworking jobs” to qualify towards
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