Location: 22350 Main Street / Court StreetBuilt: 1834 – 1835Style: Roman RevivalArchitect: Jeremiah Cobb and Clements RochelleContractor: Jeremiah Cobb and Clements Rochelle Description: The building faces east and is a two story red colored brick
Location: 22350 Main Street / Court StreetBuilt: 1834 – 1835Style: Roman RevivalArchitect: Jeremiah Cobb and Clements RochelleContractor: Jeremiah Cobb and Clements Rochelle Description: The building faces east and is a two story red colored brick
HB 1649 (Fowler) and SB 1594 (Dunnavant) allow all localities to make voluntary boundary line adjustments using Geographic Information System (GIS) surveys. This streamlined process
VACo spoke in opposition to HB 1710 (Krizek) on the floor of the House Education Committee’s Subcommittee #2 on January 16. The bill instructs the
Delegate David Bulova’s Water Quality Improvement Fund (WQIF) and Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) began its journey through the 2019 session in the House Committee
VACo spoke in favor of SB 1040 (Peake), which would require the state to compensate local jails in accordance with the actual cost of housing
SB 1127 (Favola), introduced at VACo’s request, would provide counties with the same taxing authority currently granted to cities and towns, effective July 1, 2020.
Changes made by the 2016 General Assembly to Virginia’s law on cash and in-kind proffers has severely limited the ability of localities to address the
The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee referred to the Senate Finance Committee two pieces of legislation impacting worker’s compensation for firefighters and other public safety
VACo opposes SB 1554 (Surovell), which is the reboot of last year’s SB 630 (Surovell). This bill provides civil penalties against public officials in their
VACo opposes SB 1130 (Locke) that seeks to mandate that all School Resource Officers (SROs) receive job-entry and in-service training administered by the Virginia Center
VACo opposes HB 1969 (Delaney) and HB 1921 (Bourne) that seek to allow school boards to retain unexpended funds appropriated to them by localities. The
VACo has historically supported efforts to enhance the capacity of local school divisions to serve children with higher-level needs within the local school division when
The Senate Education and Health Committee reported and referred to the Senate Finance Committee legislation requiring local school boards to employ one full-time equivalent licensed
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