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
The U.S. Department of Homeland has made available multiple new grants focused on improving preparedness and strengthening resilience against a range of potentially catastrophic events.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program, established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will provide $2.5 billion over
The Transportation Alternatives Program is a federal reimbursement program intended to help local sponsors fund community-based projects that expand non-motorized travel choices and enhance the
Location: 14101 Boydton Plank Road / Route 619Built: 1851– 1852Style: Greek RevivalArchitect: Captain JonesContractor: Captain Jones Description: The building faces west and is a two
Alexandria Robinson-Jones, Marcus Alert Program Coordinator with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and Dallas Leamon, Marcus Alert Coordinator for the Department of
The 2023 session adjourned sine die on Saturday, February 25, as scheduled, but without resolving differences between the House and Senate on revisions to the
SB 979 (Marsden) and HB 1649 (Wyatt), as introduced, would prohibit localities from setting limits on towing fees and other associated fees for trespassing passenger
Legislation to increase compensation for jurors emerged from a conference committee in the final days of the session with an increase from $30 to $50
SB 1106 (Newman) and HB 2302 (Adams, L), as introduced, were similar to budget language in the Governor’s introduced budget regarding the Transportation Partnership Opportunity
Dear VACo Members – It’s time for the 2023 Achievement Awards Program. Any county department is eligible to compete so ENTER NOW! Achievement Awards Submission
Location: 293 Main Street / McClure StreetBuilt: 1915 – 1917Style: Colonial RevivalArchitect: H M MillerContractor: D G Kelley Description: The building faces southeast and is
HB 2282 (Edmunds), as amended, would have allowed for forest harvesting activities to be exempt from the Virginia Stormwater Management Program even if the land
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