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Three interesting bills of the week: journalism tax credits, negligent fires...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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Recycling oyster shells could net restaurants a tax credit under proposed...
Each recycled oyster shell can become home to more than 10 oysters (Kenny Fletcher / Chesapeake Bay Foundation)Lawmakers voted to move forward with legislation to create a nonrefundable tax credit for...
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House panel narrowly backs legislation to lower the minimum wage for minors
Ned Oliver/ Virginia MercuryLawmakers narrowly backed a bill to lower the minimum wage for employees under the age of 18 Tuesday, with House Majority Leader Terry Kilgore, R-Scott, joining with two...
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Three interesting bills of the week: Pound charter, stillborn child tax...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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Virginia lawmakers ask for study on requiring insurers to cover doula care
(Getty Images)Two bills that would have required private insurers in Virginia to provide coverage for state-certified doula care were unanimously struck down last week by lawmakers in both chambers,...
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Three interesting bills of the week: implicit bias training, geriatric parole...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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Mid-session update: what’s still alive and what’s dead (or on the way there)
The Virginia General Assembly's 2023 session is a work in progress. (Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury)Virginia lawmakers aren’t agreeing on much these days, but 93 of 100 members of the House of...
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Three interesting bills of the week: menstrual health data, spying and K-9s...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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Study: Dental care rose among low-income pregnant women after 2015 Medicaid...
(Katie O'Connor / Virginia Mercury)More pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid are getting dental care after a 2015 change in state regulations that expanded Virginia Medicaid coverage. A new study from...
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Three interesting bills of the week: housing authority pets, CCTV testimony...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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As fentanyl surges, Virginia lawmakers debate how far criminal penalties...
(Drew Angerer / Getty Images)With drug overdoses now the leading cause of unnatural death in Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, lawmakers and experts agree solutions are needed to address the devastation...
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Three interesting bills: selling children, ‘swatting’ penalties and...
The Virginia General Assembly convened for its 2023 session in Richmond Jan. 11, 2023. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Hundreds of bills are filed for General Assembly consideration each year. In...
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Bill to require additional proof of age for porn sites in Virginia heads to...
(Getty Images)Virginia lawmakers recently passed a bill with near-unanimous support that would require pornograpy websites to more stringently verify whether a person is 18 before allowing them access...
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Virginia expanded dental coverage under Medicaid — but not enough dentists...
Altise, a DentaQuest outreach coordinator, speaking to members about adult benefits. (Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services)Lillian Hamilton, a Virginia Medicaid enrollee and 21-year-old...
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Internal ABC emails show counter-service store conversions may be less...
ABC Store 251 in Richmond's Northside, one of the authority's few remaining counter-service stores, during December 2022. (Meghan McIntyre / Virginia Mercury) The Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control...
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Expanded telehealth services are ‘here to stay’ in Virginia as public health...
(Marko Geber / Getty Images)As the federal public health emergency spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic expires this May, so will waivers that expanded the amount of health care services patients can...
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Youngkin recommends tighter parental approvals for children accessing websites
(Getty Images)Gov. Glenn Youngkin is recommending changes to a pending state law that would require a parent to approve whether or not their child can set up accounts on social media and other websites...
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Lack of transparency from ghost kitchens spooks state officials
Chef prepares food for ghost kitchen restaurant On A Roll Italian Subs, located in virtual food hall ChefSuite. (Meghan McIntyre / Virginia Mercury) Scrolling through UberEats offerings in the Richmond...
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General Assembly shelves Youngkin’s proposal to make protesting at judges’...
Virginia lawmakers on April 12 shelved an amendment from Gov. Youngkin that would have made protesting outside the homes of judges, witnesses or court officials a Class 1 misdemeanor.A proposal from...
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Petersburg maternal hub opening reignites discussion over commercial doula...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at the unveiling of a maternal hub in Petersburg on April 11, 2023. (Meghan McIntyre / Virginia Mercury)Virginia officials say the expansion of Medicaid coverage to include...
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