WOODBRIDGE, Va. — On their fifth try Tuesday, Prince William officials approved a hotly debated new property tax rate to advertise to the public. Now the rate will be debated once more at a public hearing scheduled in April.
Here’s more in a press release from Prince William County:
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — First, Prince William Corey Stewart said he wanted to cut both President’s Day and Columbus Day from the list of paid holidays for county employees.
Those are two of 12 paid holidays bestowed on county employees, and cutting them would save money and put the county’s employee calendar more on par with that of the federal government.
By ALLISON LANDRY
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A bill to ban minors 14 and younger from tanning at a tanning salon has been killed for this legislative session.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. – In a show of bipartisanship, Delegate Luke Torian, D-Prince William, says he supports improvements to school safety in Virginia following the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
More in a press release from Torian:
By PAIGE BAXTER
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A Senate committee Thursday shot down the “Tebow bill” aimed at allowing home-schoolers to participate in public schools’ sports and other extracurricular activities.
By AMBER GALAVIZ
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – State officials joined gay rights activists at a press conference on Valentine’s Day to discuss their disappointment in the failure to repeal Virginia’s constitutional ban against same-sex marriage.
By WHITNEY SPICER
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A conference committee of 10 legislators has less than a week and a half to hammer out a compromise between the House and Senate versions of a bill to increase transportation funding in Virginia.
By SHELBY MERTENS
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A House subcommittee has rejected the Senate’s proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Virginia governors to serve two consecutive terms starting in 2017.
By BLAKE BELDEN
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – The House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee will consider a proposal to approve, but delay implementation of, a bill seeking to prevent injury or death from falling soccer goals.
By PAIGE BAXTER
Capital News Service
RICHMOND, Va. – A Senate bill that would have banned smoking in cars carrying children under age 15 was tabled Friday by a House committee.
