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
Several bills this session sought to allow retired law-enforcement officers to continue to receive service retirement allowances through the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) during a
HB 1818 (Delaney) and SB 1044 (Black) grant the same authority to counties of a population of at least 40,000 the same authority cities have
The conference committee considered SB 1431 (Obenshain) and agreed with the House amendments giving local government attorneys the authority to conduct Freedom of Information Act
The General Assembly passed a compromise redistricting reform measure on Saturday that combines elements of HJ 615 (Cole) and SJ 306 (Barker), but does not
HJ 687 (Keam), as introduced, requested the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Virginia Supreme Court to study options for a special tax court
SB 1554 (Surovell) allows a court to add an additional penalty when a public record cannot be produced because it was altered or destroyed in
Welcome to the County Pulse. In this episode, VACo Lobbyists Joe Lerch and Katie Boyle talk about the final days of the 2019 General Assembly
Legislation giving localities a new tool for stormwater management has successfully finished its trek through the General Assembly and now will head to the Governor’s
In addition to measures to authorize early voting and reform the redistricting process, the General Assembly considered a variety of other measures dealing with elections
Troubling procurement-related legislation is effectively dead for the year after each failed to advance out of the House Appropriations Committee. HB 1667 (Kilgore) and SB
Prior to the beginning of session, the House Select Committee on School Safety and Governor Northam’s Workgroup on Student Safety reviewed the state of student
Under existing law any locality may adopt a transfer of development rights (TDRs) ordinance. The employment of TDRs is a zoning technique used to protect
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