Offering a good example of an evolved, small, mid-19th-century, water-powered gristmill, and one of the few known extant mills in Greene County, the A. J. Long Mill (also historically known as Sullivan’s Mill) is a
Offering a good example of an evolved, small, mid-19th-century, water-powered gristmill, and one of the few known extant mills in Greene County, the A. J. Long Mill (also historically known as Sullivan’s Mill) is a
As the 2026 General Assembly approaches the unofficial half-way marker of the session at “crossover,” several finance-related bills of interest to local governments have advanced,
SB 386 (Stuart) as substituted, would severely limit the practice of land applying biosolids with certain amounts of PFAS for agricultural use across Virginia. ACTION REQUESTED
Following the statewide advocacy and engagement of VACo’s Local Government Day, county leaders gathered again on February 6 and February 7 for the VACo Chairpersons’
On February 5, VACo brought together officials from across the Commonwealth for Local Government Day — a statewide advocacy and engagement event that united leaders
HB 1220 (Delaney), HB 994 (Seibold), and HB 1330 (Seibold) make various changes to the requirements governing the use of photo speed monitoring devices. These
HB 862 (Cousins) and SB 391 (Stuart) are bills introduced at the recommendation of the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program Commission (VASAP), a legislative branch
VACo supports HB 544 (Askew) and SB 498 (Aird), which would eliminate the expiration date of the Commission on School Construction and Modernization, which, pursuant
SB 468 (Marsden), which built on previous discussions about consolidation of juvenile detention centers, advanced from the Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee on Friday,
By votes of 63-33 and 21-17, HB 711 (Herring) and SB 347 (VanValkenburg) passed in the House and Senate. The bills require that, unless otherwise
By a vote of 61-37, the House of Delegates passed HB 888 (Shin) that mandates specific statewide standards for off-street parking be adopted in local
By a vote of 21-19, the Senate passed SB 74 (McPike) that expands to all localities the ability to provide optional increases in density to
A subcommittee of House Finance tabled HB 566 (McNamara), the last remaining proposal to enact changes to the car tax, on Tuesday afternoon. As presented
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