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Virginia legislature fails to reach budget deal, may go into overtime
House and Senate leaders got stuck on how to structure higher education funding including college financial aid or money to limit tuition increases. That prevented a budget deal from reaching the floor Thursday or Friday.
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Assembly could jump-start Northern Va. development, ban housing discrimination
The proposal would make changes to a 2016 bill which Northern Virginia leaders and some developers said had slowed housing development to a crawl in places such as Loudoun County.
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‘Kings Dominion’ repeal among 2019 Va. education bills
The law that requires Virginia schools to start after Labor Day is the subject of a couple of proposals in the Virginia General Assembly session that starts Wednesday. Read about more bills that deal with education.
4 months ago -
Correction: Equal Rights Amendment-Virginia story
The legislature for the increasingly blue state reconvenes Jan. 9 and will consider measures to approve the gender-equality amendment.
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Northam wants to boost number of school counselors
The Democratic governor announced he plans to ask the Republican-controlled General Assembly to approve $36 million in new spending to better address students’ emotional needs.
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Key Va. GOP lawmaker backs Medicaid expansion
Powerful Virginia Republican Del. Terry Kilgore said Thursday that he’d changed his mind after years of opposition and now supports Medicaid expansion.
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