Dateline 2/4/2019 PM

Just moments ago on the House Floor, by  an overwhelming voice vote, HB2640 failed to be engrossed and reported to its 3rd Reading. The bill had been disposed of. Both Delegate Ingram and Lopez supported us and spoke against the bill. The only surviving issue for us...

Dateline 2/4/2019

The Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations subcommittees have completed their respective budget recommendations. The following is a summary of both subcommittee reports: The Governors introduced budget contained a 2% salary increase effective July 1, 2019...

Dateline 2/2/2019

BILLS OPPOSED SB1623& HB2587 Confidentiality of tax information; local tax officers sharing information. We opposed both bills. Both bills were stricken by the patrons and disposed of. SB1363 & HB2076 Petersburg, City of; amending charter, city manager shall...

Dateline 3/5/2018

Both the House and Senate have completed their respective budgets. As anticipated each body rejected the others budget over sizable differences. The matter is now in the hands of the Committee of Conference (see below). As far as we are concerned, both budget do not...

Dateline 2/27/2018

We were partially successful, in obtaining our budget request goals. The House supported the Governors recommendation for a salary increase and moved the date up to July 2019. The Senate removed the Governors proposed language, but provided for an increase in July...

Dateline 2/20/2018

We were partially successful, in obtaining our budget request goals. The House supported the Governors recommendation for a salary increase and moved the date up to July 2019. The Senate removed the Governors proposed language, but provided for an increase in July...