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The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted to increase tuition and fees for both in-state and out-of-state students. Citing inflation, costs of increasing salaries for state employees, and the uncertainty surrounding funding from the state budget, the Board approved a 4.9 percent increase in tuition.
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Leaders of the money committees and Governor Glenn Youngkin passed a two-year budget last year, and now senior members of the General Assembly are working in secret to craft amendments to that budget. But apparently there's no rush because lawmakers adjourned their one-day reconvene session this week without voting on a budget.
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The Virginia Constitution says, “a senator or delegate who moves his residence from the district for which he is elected shall thereby vacate his office.”
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As lawmakers move toward the end of their General Assembly session later this month, several key lawmakers will be focused on balancing the books.
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Youngkin signed the state budget Tuesday and also discussed the future of lab schools and his health commissioner.
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One of the governor's budget amendments will redirect $5 million that would have gone to financial aid for undocumented students and set it aside for students at HBCUs.
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The budget plan currently doesn't have a temporary suspension of the gas tax. Youngkin could change that when he sends his amendments to the legislature later this week.
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Members of state Senate and the House of Delegates approved the bipartisan budget proposal on Wednesday.
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When members of the General Assembly arrive at the Capitol for a session on the budget on June the 1st, they'll be considering a proposal that does not have a gas tax holiday or suspend an increase to the gas tax.
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The first budget standoff in Virginia was relatively recently, in 1998. And it's become increasingly common in recent years.