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Budget Update

August 10, 2021 by Creigh Deeds

Special Session 2021

The passage of the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) this past spring gave us an unprecedented opportunity here in Virginia. The Commonwealth was allotted $4.3 billion to address the lingering health and economic impacts of the pandemic.

The Governor called the General Assembly back to Richmond for a Special Session this past week for two purposes, the first of which was to consider the Governor’s 18-page plan to spend the ARP funding. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2021 Tagged With: broadband access, COVID-19, judicial appointments, K-12 funding, mental health policy and funding, promoting economic growth, State employee compensation, Virginia budget, Virginia General Assembly Special Sessions

Week 6: In the Homestretch

February 19, 2021 by Creigh Deeds

The 2021 Session of the General Assembly is winding down. We only have a week left in the regular session, which is anything but regular this year. We are in a pandemic, and we had to go through extraordinary means simply to meet for the normal 46 days. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2021 Tagged With: COVID-19, criminal justice reform, Higher Education funding, K-12 funding, mental health policy and funding, promoting economic growth, Senate procedures, State employee compensation, unemployment assistance, Virginia budget

Week 5: Budget Week

February 12, 2021 by Creigh Deeds

The 2021 Session is rapidly drawing to a close. Last week we reached crossover, and now the Senate is only considering House bills and the budget. The House of Delegates is considering the budget as well, together with the Senate bills.

Both the House and Senate will adopt versions of the budget today. While preliminary, the Senate budget begins the process of restoring more of the mental health funding that was lost during the pandemic. You will recall that the Governor unallotted a couple billion dollars of spending once the virus wreaked havoc on our economy. Some of the things that I have been working on for a long time, like a loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals and discharge planning for jails with high numbers of inmates with mental health issues, were unallotted. We worked hard to get that vital spending back into the budget.

Other matters, like pay raises for state employees and teachers and funding for school divisions throughout Virginia, are included in the budget, as well as restoring the dental benefit for adult Medicaid patients. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2021 Tagged With: conservation and environmental protection, Death Penalty, K-12 funding, mental health policy and funding, State employee compensation, Virginia budget, Voting Rights

Week 4: Our Schools

February 6, 2021 by Creigh Deeds

The week leading up to crossover is always busy, although it usually lands on a Tuesday. This year it lands on a Friday – just one more unique feature of this session. While many hot topic issues have been discussed this week from the abolition of the death penalty to the legalization of marijuana, I want to focus this week on our public schools. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2021 Tagged With: K-12 funding, Senate procedures

2021 Session, Week 3

January 30, 2021 by Creigh Deeds

Marijuana, Bikes, and More

This most unusual of legislative sessions is going quickly. We are nearing the crossover, the deadline for the Senate to act on senate bills and the House of Delegates to act on house bills. It’s crunch time as the Senate completes work on bills and get them to the House for consideration. I want to report on some of the more significant actions.

As I’ve written in the space before, one of the big policies under consideration is the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Virginia General Assembly 2021 Tagged With: conservation and environmental protection, election reform, gun safety, K-12 funding, marijuana legalization, Senate procedures, State employee compensation

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