On February 12, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted unanimously (15-0) to carry over to 2027, SB 228 (Surovell), which proposes a number of changes to Code, including limiting the sovereign immunity of local
On February 12, the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted unanimously (15-0) to carry over to 2027, SB 228 (Surovell), which proposes a number of changes to Code, including limiting the sovereign immunity of local
VACo’s 83rd Annual Conference will be held November 12-14, 2017, at The Omni Homestead in Bath County. The Annual Conference provides county officials with a
On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked a plane and flew it into the Pentagon, our nation’s military headquarters, and killed 184 federal employees, military personnel,
On April 11, a working group convened by Martha Mavredes, the Auditor of Public Accounts, met to discuss the development of an “early warning system”
The Health and Human Resources Sub-Panel of the Governor’s Secure Commonwealth Initiative met in Henrico County on April 7. Among other briefings, a major topic
State General Fund revenue collections continued their strong performance for another month, rising 5.7 percent in March. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total GF revenue
SHI International Corp. is a privately-owned global provider of information technology products and services, headquartered in Somerset, N.J. Founded in 1989, SHI has evolved from
Photos by Chris Cunningham VARINA AREA LIBRARY RECEIVES NATIONAL DESIGN AWARD The Varina Area Library in Henrico County, Virginia receives a national design award from
As a follow-up to the conference call First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe held in March with local government leaders on the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
The General Assembly held its reconvened session on Wednesday, April 5, to consider gubernatorial amendments to 71 bills and 39 vetoes, as well as 27
Governor McAuliffe released the last of his amendments for the 2017 General Assembly session on Monday, March 27. Gubernatorial amendments to 71 bills (including House
The opening class for the Virginia County Certified Supervisors’ Program course was held on Friday, March 17 at the Albemarle County Government Center. Dr. Mike
President Trump’s recently proposed budget would reduce funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program from $73 million in FY 2017 to $5 million in FY 2018.
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