The 2025 General Assembly convened under unusual circumstances yesterday, amid widespread water outages in the City of Richmond resulting from failures at the City’s water treatment plant during a snowstorm earlier in the week. In
The 2025 General Assembly convened under unusual circumstances yesterday, amid widespread water outages in the City of Richmond resulting from failures at the City’s water treatment plant during a snowstorm earlier in the week. In
PHOTO CREDIT: Virginia is for Lovers Location: 315 South Main Street / Hicksford AvenueBuilt: 1831 – 1834Style: Beaux ArtsArchitect: Daniel LynchContractor: Daniel Lynch Description: The
By Benjamin T. BoxerPublic Information Officer | Fairfax County Park Authority For the better part of a century, the grounds of the District of Columbia
The Virginia Joint Legislative Audit Review Commission (JLARC) is conducting the first comprehensive review of the GO Virginia program since its establishment. In 2016 the
The Virginia Secretary of Transportation directed the Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI) to conduct a full review of the SMART SCALE process in
The Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has released the BEAD Initial Proposal Volume 2 for a public comment window that will close
The Virginia Retirement System (VRS) recently reported a 6.1 percent return on its investment portfolio for the previous fiscal year, ending the year with approximately
Budget negotiators announced on Friday, August 25, that an agreement on the major components of revisions to the biennium budget had been reached. The full
When the VACo County Officials’ Summit ended on August 17, many of the more than 200 local government officials and staff connected in conversation. One
Editor’s Note: VACo received notice early Friday afternoon that a budget agreement has been reached between the House and Senate budget conferees. The notice indicates
Location: 22 Court Street / Ford AvenueBuilt: 1838 – 1839Style: Roman TempleArchitect: William Donoho and William B PhillipsContractor: William Donoho and William B Phillips Description:
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALCHANGE AGENTFIRE/EMS & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Pulaski County is seeking a contractor with high-level management skills in fire, EMS and the emergency management industry
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