General Assembly 2024

Efforts by the legislature to require state and local agency websites to become more accessible failed during this year’s general assembly session, but a study of new state compliance rules is underway in Richmond.

“As many as 100,000 government positions could be moved out, and I mean immediately, of Washington to places filled with patriots,” the former president said in a campaign video.

“There will always be a clientele for the situation that can be served by those who have expertise in certain areas of tax,” Delegate Vivian Watts said of concerns that the tax-prepping industry could be harmed by such an effort.

“It’s a miracle, somebody shooting at him. Missed him by an inch,” said Senator Mark Peake.

The funding, agreed to in the 2024 budget, came after fears of a so-called child care coverage cliff when federal funds would run out at the end of this year.

“People start talking about their families, reuniting with their kids, making their kids' graduations. That was done through the hope that earned sentence credits in their enhanced form have provided,” Quadaire Patterson, a former inmate released under the program, said.

“I want to dig down and find out whether we can do a better job of using the funds,” Delegate Mark Sickles told Radio IQ.

Senator Louise Lucas refused to hear a House bill Monday and instead pitched her own fix: one that rolled back much of the changes, and included millions of dollars in funding over the next two years.

Increases in tuition and other costs were linked to the program's rise from about $5 million a year to over $60 million in the last five years.

“My goal is to take the valve stem out of the tire and let some pressure off,” Sen. Bryce Reeves told Radio IQ.