RICHMOND (May 15, 2026)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the 40 recipients of the 2026 Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in local government programs. VACo received 103 submissions. Winning entries focused
RICHMOND (May 15, 2026)—The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is pleased to announce the 40 recipients of the 2026 Achievement Awards, which recognize excellence in local government programs. VACo received 103 submissions. Winning entries focused
The effective date of federal web accessibility requirements to implement Title II of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) has been pushed back a year
The legislature convened on April 22 to consider Governor Spanberger’s amendments and vetoes to legislation from the 2026 General Assembly session. The Governor proposed amendments
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RICHMOND, VA (April 20, 2026) – The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) and the Virginia Municipal League (VML) today responded to Governor Abigail Spanberger’s proposed
Governor Spanberger proposed amendments to 176 bills ahead of her April 13 deadline (in addition to four bills already amended prior to the conclusion of
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HB 888 (Shin) mandates specific statewide standards for off-street parking be adopted in local zoning ordinances for “designated areas” defined as … any parcel that is (i)
HB 711 (Herring) and SB 347 (VanValkenburg) direct that, unless otherwise permitted “by right,” a locality shall require and review any “special exception” (aka special
SB 388 (McPike) and HB 1279 (Cole) override local decision-making by allowing development of housing, with up to 30 percent of certain ground-floor nonresidential uses,
HB 891 (Shin) and SB 443 (McPike) make utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) a by-right use on any parcel that has previously been approved
Local Governing Bodies HB 505 (McAuliff)/SB 648 (Perry), as passed by the General Assembly, provide that any member of a local governing body who has
Secretary of Finance Mark Sickles briefed members of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, shortly after the Monday night release of Governor Spanberger’s
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