Gloucester County and School Construction; When A Community Comes Together Listen to the Podcast Uplifting Our Children Through Education Episode 2 | Gloucester County and School Construction; When a Community Comes Together. In this episode of
Gloucester County and School Construction; When A Community Comes Together Listen to the Podcast Uplifting Our Children Through Education Episode 2 | Gloucester County and School Construction; When a Community Comes Together. In this episode of
After months of debate and over a year of preliminary study and analysis, the General Assembly has voted to legalize marijuana in the Commonwealth. HB
The House and Senate adopted recommendations from two committees of conference on legislation that would establish COVID-19 as a presumptive illness. As previously reported, SB
In the waning moments of the 2021 special legislative session, attempts to authorize Dominion Energy to implement an ambitious capital project to replace existing K-12
The State Board of Social Services is considering a proposed regulation that would authorize the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services to intervene
HB 2322 (Herring) and SB 1469 (Barker) have passed both houses and are expected to be signed into law by the Governor. This legislation creates
SB 1375 (Saslaw) as passed by the Senate, establishes a presumption that COVID-19, causing the death or disability of firefighters, EMS personnel, law-enforcement officers, and
Several bills were introduced during the 2021 session to implement recommendations from the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) report on the Children’s Services
SB 1198 (Petersen), a bill creating a workgroup to study the use of license plate readers by law enforcement agencies, has been sent back to
Two bills authorizing localities to create outdoor refreshment areas have been sent to conference after the House and Senate failed to reach a consensus on
SJ 294 (Lewis) would require the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to study the true cost of education in the Commonwealth and provide
The House and Senate budgets have been placed in a conference committee to resolve differences between the two proposals in advance of the session’s scheduled
Bills addressing a variety of aspects of social services, from foster care to public benefits, have been considered this session. Several bills of interest to
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