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Early mornings and late nights in the General Assembly

By: Cindy Cunningham

Early Mornings and Late Nights at the General Assembly Early mornings and late nights at the General Assembly! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 24, ….

Tomorrow is the start of session!

By: Cindy Cunningham

2021 General Assembly session about to begin! Tomorrow is the start of session! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 12, 2021 If it feels like ….

Playing by the rules in special session

By: Cindy Cunningham

Special Session playing by the rules Playing by the rules at special session! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter August 23, 2020 The General Assembly special ….

Special session starts Tuesday!

By: Cindy Cunningham

Special Session starts this Tuesday! Special Session begins this Tuesday! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter Saturday, August 15, 2020 The 2020 General Assembly session wrote the ….

2020 VAPLAN Legislative Scorecard

By: Cindy Cunningham

This has been a crazy and exciting General Assembly session! VAPLAN has been tracking bills all session, and recording votes. For the last two years ….

A fruitful General Assembly session!

By: Cindy Cunningham

A fruitful General Assembly session! A fruitful 2020 General Assembly session! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter March 11, 2020 The session is almost over (after ….

Last week at the General Assembly!

By: Cindy Cunningham

Final week of the General Assembly coming up! Last week for the General Assembly! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter March 1, 2020 Monday is the ….

Bills, bills, bills: What’s up Week 4?

By: Cindy Cunningham

Bills, bills, bills: What’s coming up week 4? Bills bills, bills: What’s up week 4? Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 26, 2020 As we’re ….

Exciting Week 3 at the General Assembly!

By: Cindy Cunningham

Excitement in Richmond during Week 3 of the General Assembly Week 3 excitement in Richmond! Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter January 24, 2020 The pace ….

Week 3: What’s on the docket?

By: Cindy Cunningham

Third Week at the General Assembly: What’s Coming Up? Week 3: What’s on the docket? Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Newsletter Monday January 20, 2020 MLK ….

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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

Dels Wilt, Tata, Kent, Bloxom say in Emergency Comm. mtg we don't know much, this is all in flux. Bloxom: "We don't know if they're gonna make across the board cuts, change the rules, or what." Glad to see GOP members are aware of the total chaos their party has thrown us into.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

Del Wilt says the Emergency Committee should "Avoid theatrics, avoid using it for campaign speeches."

(Which nobody did, this was a meeting that focused entirely on what facts we have so far, what the possible outcomes and effects are. And nobody gave in to the desire to rant.)
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

GOP Del Tata wants to incentivize Virginia employers to prioritize federal workers who've "lost their jobs."

I guess that means she doesn't think they were all out wasting taxpayer money golfing all day like her dear leader has said?
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

According to VA Municipal League, some localities will be harder hit by loss of federal funds. These include the Towns of Marion, Bluefield, Bedford, Wise, Tazewell, Culpeper, Pulaski, the County of Wise, City of Bristol, Town of Bridgewater, City of Martinsville, Galax.
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VAPLAN @vaplan.bsky.social 5 hours

In Emergency Committee mtg, VA Municipal League: "There is a palpable sense of anxiety." Cites the lack of clear information (he quotes one local official: "unclear, contradictory, and confusing"), and says that local governments don't know how to set their budgets.