Elizabeth Beyer

Here’s the status of some key legislation.

When then-Sen. Frank Ruff was diagnosed with cancer, he persuaded Mulchi to run to fill the Southside Virginia seat.

The House and Senate both proposed $25 million for Helene recovery — down from Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s $127 million. The legislature also proposes to redirect money from lab schools to other priorities.

If the federal government’s share of funding Medicaid expansion in Virginia is cut from 90% to 50%, that would leave the state to make up for a new $2.5 billion cost annually, Sen. Creigh Deeds said.

House panel kills ‘right-to-work’ amendment. Suetterlein’s income tax deduction bill hits delay. Fairfax County casino referendum advances.

A Senate panel last week approved a study, but a House subcommittee balked at potentially not replacing VCU facilities in Richmond.

Since the November election, Republican leaders at the federal level have shown themselves to be open to making cuts to Medicaid.

The incentive package for the Microporous plant in Pittsylvania County moved forward. So did a proposal to study a possible Secretary of Rural Affairs.

The Botetourt County state senator said the issue of stillbirths was “near and dear” to his heart.

Stanley’s bill on baboons used in animal testing advances. Suetterlein’s contraception bill fails.