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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