This month, the General Assembly left local police officers out in the cold when it approved a $4.3 billion spending bill put forward by Democrats, using monies from the Amerian Rescue Plan.
Lawmakers allocated $700 million to expand wireless broadband, $800 million for the state's failing unemployment system, more than $400 million for clean water projects, and $38.5 million to law enforcement personnel.
Following negotiations, lawmakers decided to give one-time hazard pay bonuses of $5,000 for Virginia State Police officers and $3,000 one-time bonuses for sheriff's deputies and correctional officers who work in the state's jails and prisons.
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Sing a Song of Christmas!!!
Join the New Dominion Choraliers for an impressive and exciting concert celebrating the Brightest and Best of the season. Along with the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, the chorus opens the program opens with Vivaldi’s Gloria, a joyful hymn of praise
