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Legislation seeking to legalize and regulate casinos in certain parts of the Commonwealth took a big step forward on January 21, as the Senate General
VACo opposes Constitutional amendments that would expand current mandatory real property tax exemptions to additional qualifying individuals and to new types of property were heard
SB 1110 (Reeves) and HB 2634 (Hurst), which seek to reform one of Virginia’s foremost alcohol beverage control laws, have each advanced in their respective
SB 1127 (Favola), legislation introduced at VACo’s request, was heard in the Senate Finance Committee on January 23. The bill would have equalized taxing authority
VACo spoke in opposition to HB 2387 (Bulova) that would require local school boards to provide alternative education programs for suspended students and assign licensed
SB 1425 (Dunnavant), as reported by the Senate Finance Committee on January 16, would provide that a food truck would only be subject to license
Two bills that would authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance exceeding the minimum tree canopy requirements for tree preservation, planting, or replacement during the
A Constitutional amendment approved by the voters in November 2002 allowed localities to grant real or personal property tax exemptions by ordinance, within certain categories
SB 1155 (Black) and SB 1635 (Boysko) were scheduled to be heard by the Senate Local Government Committee on January 22, but ultimately Senator Richard
HB 2310 (Hayes), which provides greater authority to localities to regulate flood plains, passed the House of Delegates on January 24. The bill, an Administration
Several bills have been introduced to address a problem that surfaced after the 2017 elections, when it was discovered that some voters may have been
VACo worked with patrons in the House and Senate to introduce a package of budget amendments to address major priorities of local governments. All member
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