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 1149 (Cordoza) would make a significant change to the process of removing an elected officer or officer who has been appointed to fill an
SB 336 (Roem) and HB 521 (Laufer) focus on the ability for localities to expand the use of photo speed monitoring within their jurisdiction but take different approaches
VACo has worked with legislators and partner organizations to introduce a series of budget amendments to address county priorities this session. There are also a
On January 29, the full Senate passed SB 14 (McPike) on a bipartisan vote of 27-13. As previously reported, this bill would permit any county
VACo opposed SB 324 (Roem), which is an unfunded mandate bill and would allow every citizen of the Commonwealth, and representative of newspapers and magazines
VACo opposes HB 710 (Webert) and SB 549 (Russet Perry), which provide that any travel expense of a local official, as defined in the bill,
At the request of the patron SB 430 (Van Valkenburg) was “carried over” for the year in the Senate Local Government Committee. The legislation proposes
SB 430 (Van Valkenburg) proposes to make “any type of residential use that is permitted in a locality” a permitted use on any parcel, except
SB 697 (Van Valkenburg) requires localities to permit utility-scale solar and energy storage facilities as a “special exception” per 15.2-2288.8 of Virginia Code and to
HB 1001 (Tran) / SB 374 (Boysko), in their current form, would undermine the existing local option local governments have to engage in collective bargaining
HB 1085 (Rasoul) and SB 243 (McPike) would require municipal wastewater and drinking water plants to monitor PFAS (also known as “forever chemicals”) levels in
Several bills of interest to local government have been submitted and considered in the House Finance and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees. HB 639 (Sullivan)
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