The state’s Department of Environmental Quality would expand permissible uses during emergencies to include “planned outages” by grid operators, presumably for power line upgrades
Henrico County officials will host a public information meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12 in Belmont Recreation Center’s Grand Ballroom to provide information about two enhancement projects being planned along Brook Road and Lakeside Avenue. The Brook Road Improvements project aims to
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The House Appropriations Committee voted 15-7 along party lines Wednesday to approve a bill to increase the state minimum wage. HB 1, proposed by Del. Jeion A. Ward, D-Hampton, would raise the minimum wage to $13.75 an hour starting Jan. 1, 2027 and raise the minimum wage again to
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A key House committee advanced a bill to require healthcare professionals to complete anti-bias training in continuing education to maintain their licenses. The bill, HB 1147, proposed by Del. C.E. Cliff Hayes, D-Chesapeake, would direct the Board of Medicine and Board of Nursing to require bias reduction learning activities
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A key Virginia House of Delegates committee advanced legislation which would set new standards for private schools that receive public funding, despite opposition from Republicans and some religious school leaders. HB 359, patroned by Del. Dan I. Helmer, D-Fairfax, would require schools to administer Virginia’s Standards of Learning (SOL)
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