Budget amendment also includes $1 million for Catawba Hospital study and $15.7 million for life sciences labs in Roanoke and New River valleys.
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Is Virginia OK with schools that have to set out buckets to catch the rain?
That’s a routine occurance in Prince Edward County and it’s not alone. So will the state act or must one of the poorest counties tax itself?
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Today in the General Assembly
Tuesday, Feb. 8: Suetterlein’s bill on how to count absentee ballots advances to the Senate floor. His bill on fund-raising fails. Hackworth tax relief bill and Stanley school construction bill advance.
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10 things Youngkin could do to help rural Virginia
If he wants to be a serious governor, and repay his political debt to Southwest and Southside, here’s what he could do.
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Our best hope ever for state funding for school construction
Rural communities face reality of decaying schools and no local financial capacity to replace them.
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Will Youngkin get serious about schools?
A bipartisan consensus is forming around school construction and modernization but it needs gubernatorial leadership.
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Is this the end of crumbling schools?
Ending fiscal year 2021 with the largest budget surplus in history, Virginia is ready to take on the school infrastructure crisis.
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Northam proposes $500 million for school construction
Outgoing governor touts strong economy and a record $2.6 billion surplus in his final budget.
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Four issues the candidates for governor aren’t talking about
The candidates for governor are running on national issues instead of the issues they’ll actually have to deal with in office.
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Virginia has the ability to fix our crumbling schools; do we have the will?
Using a fund originally intended for school construction, Virginia has spent 33 times more on teacher retirements over the past six years than on construction.