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Youngkin removes tax cuts, RGGI mandate in budget
Apr 8, 2024

Youngkin removes tax cuts, RGGI mandate in budget

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Monday released a slate of 233 amendments to the state budget passed by the General Assembly — calling it an opportunity for “common ground.” However, his budget removes language that would mandate Virginia’s future participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which has been a high priority for Democrats. It […]

Del. Shelly A. Simonds, D-Newport News, discusses her anti-human trafficking bill during a House subcommittee meeting. Photo by Joe Dodson, Capital News Service
Mar 31, 2022

Hotel workers must complete anti-human trafficking training

RICHMOND, Va. — After a few lawmakers missed time during the session due to COVID-19, Del. Shelly A. Simonds, D-Newport News, said she was thrilled to see all 100 members of the House unanimously pass a bill requiring hotels to provide human trafficking training for employees. “It was really exciting for me to watch the […]

marijuana
Mar 31, 2022

Legislators nipped Va.’s budding cannabis industry, advocates say

RICHMOND, Va. — Jacob Williamson grows, makes and sells hemp-based CBD products through his family’s Hens and Hemp farm. He went through the permitting process to be a hemp farmer when it became legal in 2019, but now he is leaving the industry. “We can’t keep up with the multimillion-dollar cannabis industry coming into the […]

COVID-19 vaccination shot Photo credit Art Writ, Capital News Service
Feb 17, 2022

GOP lawmakers push to protect workers who decline COVID vaccines

RICHMOND, Va. – Lawmakers narrowly passed a bill this month that would allow people fired for refusing a COVID-19 vaccine to receive unemployment benefits if no other misconduct took place. The measure advanced from the House of Delegates on a 51-48 party line vote and was assigned to a Senate committee on Feb. 10. The […]

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