“Kicking off the first day of Virginia’s 2024 legislative session, Gov. Glenn Youngkin gave the annual State of the Commonwealth address,” reports Morgan Sweeney at The Center Square.
State Senators-Elect and House Delegates-Elect held a pre-session town hall Saturday via Zoom to discuss their legislative priorities for the upcoming 2024 session in Richmond.
Senators-Elect Danica Roem and Jennifer Carroll Foy, Senator Jeremy McPike, Delegates Briana Sewell and Michelle Maldonado, all Democrats, and Delegate-Elect Ian Lovejoy, the only Republican, spoke to dozens of citizens about their priorities, in addition to answering questions about the January session.
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“Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has released his proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 “Unleashing Opportunity” budget, replete with his characteristic tax relief and a record investment in education,” reports Morgan Sweeney at The Center Square.
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Delegate Candi Mondon King (D-23, Stafford, Woodbridge) says she will again push legislation that requires a study of the cost of using the region's E-ZPass Express Lanes.
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Stafford County leaders support new legislation allowing them to hike the county sales tax to pay for school construction.
Virginia State Senator Jeremy McPike (D-29, Prince William, Stafford) has introduced legislation (SB14) in the upcoming January 2024 General Assembly session that would allow any county or city to let voters decide to hike the sales tax by 1%, a fee paid at retail shops and restaurants. Delegate-Elect Joshua Cole (D-65, Fredericksburg, Stafford) said he'll introduce similar legislation in the House of Delegates when he takes office in January.
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County leaders will make their case to state officials, presenting them with an annual legislative wishlist of items they want to see passed during the upcoming General Assembly session in January 2024.
Among them are asking the state to restore funding to things the county once covered with federal coronavirus mitigation funds, expanding public transportation, and paying someone other than county police to take people suffering mental trauma to hospitals outside the county.
