On January 14, the House Education K-12 Subcommittee recommended to report and refer HB 1831 (Simonds) to House Appropriations on a vote of 5-3. The bill, which is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit
On January 14, the House Education K-12 Subcommittee recommended to report and refer HB 1831 (Simonds) to House Appropriations on a vote of 5-3. The bill, which is a recommendation of the Joint Legislative Audit
VACo Director of Government Relations, Chris McDonald, was recently invited to deliver a guest lecture to a Virginia Tech Policy Implementation class. The class is
On April 20, the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) Board of Directors met and reviewed economic and demographic assumptions, actuarial methods, and funding policies providing gain/loss
On April 27, the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) held a stakeholder meeting to discuss the draft guidelines proposed for the FY2022
The Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) is providing the following information regarding unemployment insurance fraud that may be of interest to county governments and their employees.
Welcome to the VACo County Pulse Legislative Series Episode 3 – School construction and modernization In this third episode – VACo Executive Director Dean Lynch
Welcome to the VACo County Pulse Legislative Series Episode 2 – An update on Virginia’s county cigarette tax VACo has decided to retire the VACo
In a new series of video blogs, our partners at three+one® present their proven methods for turning the tide of economic waves in a changed
On April 15, Treasury provided direction to counties and other entities that will be receiving Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds directly from the
VACo has decided to retire the VACo County Pulse Podcast, which had a nice run for nearly two years and 30 episodes. Thank you to
On April 26, 2019, the Board of Conservation and Recreation recommended, and DCR’s director approved, the name Machicomoco State Park for a future state park
The Governor’s amendments largely met with legislative approval at the April 7 reconvened session, as legislators accepted all of the Governor’s 18 amendments to the
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