The Community Flood Preparedness Fund uses proceeds from Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to fund flood mitigation projects across the state. Many Southwest localities are still in the early stages of CFPF funded projects as widespread flooding has continued to devastate the region.
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Elizabeth Beyer is our Richmond-based state politics and government reporter.
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Award-winning journalist Laura Vozzella forges a new path in Sen. Bill Stanley’s office
Laura Vozzella covered the General Assembly for more than a decade before she left The Washington Post. She’ll spend her first post-retirement legislative session working for Sen. Bill Stanley.
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Spanberger rescinds Youngkin directive to sell Augusta Correctional Center; unclear if move linked to ICE interest
The shuttered prison in Augusta County is one of six facilities identified to expand immigration detention and deportation efforts by the federal government.
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House committees pass VMI task force bill and study to repeal car tax
Advancing: A bill to investigate the Virginia Military Institute’s state-sponsored status and a study on how to repeal the car tax. Dead: Term limits for Rocky Mount Town Council.
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Virginia’s congressional redistricting effort on hold after Tazewell court ruling
A circuit court judge ruled that Democrats’ attempts to change the constitution to allow redistricting failed several legal tests. Democratic lawmakers plan to appeal the ruling.
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Bill would set April 21 for redistricting referendum
Democrats have said proposed congressional district maps will be available for voters to see by the end of January.
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Spanberger declares state of emergency ahead of ‘significant and dangerous’ winter storm
A wintry mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet is expected to hit much of Virginia, including the Southwest and Southside regions, starting Saturday afternoon and will continue through Sunday evening.
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Pair of bills would look at stripping governance, funding from VMI
Democrats in the General Assembly have made threats against the state-run military college in Lexington since VMI’s board of visitors voted to oust its first black superintendent.
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A bill to extend standard deduction fails, Democrats and Republicans sound off on paid family medical leave, $15 minimum wage moves forward
Sen. David Suetterlein’s tax bill was continued on to the 2027 session, Del. Joe McNamara warned against Democratic lawmaker’s paid family medical leave bill and a bill to increase the minimum wage made it out of committee.
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Spanberger pushes affordability and unity in her first General Assembly address
Gov. Abigail Spanberger also committed to reentering the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and to maintaining Virginia’s so-called “right-to-work” status.
