WISE, VA — The Virginia Rural Center proudly announces the launch of the Rural Virginia Opportunity Dashboard, an innovative digital platform designed to empower rural communities across the Commonwealth. The dashboard was unveiled today during the Tenth
WISE, VA — The Virginia Rural Center proudly announces the launch of the Rural Virginia Opportunity Dashboard, an innovative digital platform designed to empower rural communities across the Commonwealth. The dashboard was unveiled today during the Tenth
As the deadline to file all bills and joint resolutions passed on Friday, January 17, several bills await discussion in committee with the potential to
SB 826 (McDougle) proposes a dollar limit on the lien a locality may place on real estate for unpaid water and sewer bills of tenants
A troubling stormwater bill that has been defeated numerous times in previous years has been refiled for the 2020 session. SB 1067 (Kiggans) provides that
Constitutional amendments that would mandate an exemption from personal property taxes for one vehicle owned by veteran with a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total
A bill designed to allow local governments to use goat herds to control overgrowth along stream banks hit a snag in its first committee hearing
A bill directing the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of studying the planting or preservation of
HB 1414 (Filler-Corn) and SB 890 (Saslaw) propose major changes to the funding and distribution of transportation resources in the Commonwealth. These Northam Administration supported
SB 111 (Howell) is on the Senate floor after being reported from the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee, 11-4, on Tuesday, January 14. The bill,
On January 13, the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee took up legislation that proposes adding several types of cancer to the list of illnesses presumed
In remarks made presenting his 2020-2022 budget proposal, Governor Ralph Northam proposed reducing the state’s vehicle registration fee by half. Virginia Code currently permits local
SB 800 (Lewis) advances the sunset date of the state-mandated 80% tax exemption from Machinery and Tool Tax (M&T) for utility-scale solar projects greater than
SB 188 (Peake) seeks to enhance the current process by which bills are reviewed for potential fiscal impacts on local governments. SB 188 would require
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