Tag: Budget
Virginia Issues Year-End Revenue Report
From Gov. Ralph Northam's office:
Virginia Issues Year-End Revenue Report
~ Total General Fund revenue collections increased 2.0% over prior year, but $236.5 million below official forecast ~
RICHMOND—Governor...
Budget Matters: A Brief Look at Spending Choices by Virginia on...
From The Commonwealth Institute:
Budget Matters: A Brief Look at Spending Choices by Virginia on Policing
The struggles for racial justice and economic justice are deeply...
Governor Northam Signs Two-Year State Budget
From Gov. Ralph Northam's office:
Governor Northam Signs Two-Year State Budget
~ Final action also taken on eight other bills ~
RICHMOND—Governor Ralph Northam today took final action...
Video: Economic and Revenue Briefings for the Virginia General Assembly’s “Money...
How badly is the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Virginia's budget and economy, and how is the state government dealing with this? Check out the following...
General Assembly Approves Accelerated Effective Date for Consumer Lending Reforms
From AG Mark Herring's office:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ACCELERATED EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CONSUMER LENDING REFORMS
~ Change comes after Herring asked Governor Northam to move the effective...
Gov. Ralph Northam: “New Circumstances Now Require Us to Revisit” Budget
Necessary but very painful...what a difference a few weeks makes, eh?
“Apoplectic” “right-wingers in Virginia…using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to...
It's very rare, but once in a while there's a good article at the right-wing "Bacon's Rebellion" blog. Of course, that rare good article...
When It Comes to the Budget, and Maybe Other Important Things,...
Thanks to Sen. Scott Surovell for providing this excellent, albeit depressing, synposis of where we're at right now regarding Virginia's budget situation. In short:
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Coronavirus Crisis Causes Arlington County to Slash Budget, Shift Focus on...
See below for video and a press release from Arlington County regarding changes to the budget due to the COVID-19 crisis. As you can...
Sen. Mark Warner: Bipartisan Negotiations “Must Continue Until We Have a...
From Sen. Mark Warner, who is exactly right about this being our "one shot to get it right"; how bipartisan negotiations "must continue until...