Government
Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed SB739 on Feb. 16, empowering parents by creating a parental opt-out from local school mask mandates, and ensuring five day a week in-person instruction. The bill will take effect immediately, providing school districts a transition period to comply by March 1. Youngkin issued the following statement on this legislation for Virginia’s…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Feb. 11 announced that January General Fund revenues increased 21.9 percent from the previous January. January is a significant month for revenue collections. Besides the normal monthly payroll withholding and sales tax collections, estimated payments from individuals are due. On a fiscal year-to-date basis, total revenue collections rose 15.4 percent through the end…
U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced on Feb. 10 that they had secured $15,745,244 in federal funding for Virginia to build electric vehicle charging stations. This funding is the first of five installments totaling $106,375,132 for building EV charging stations across the Commonwealth over the next five years. The funding was made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure…
Loudoun County Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. recently issued notices of business tax filing requirements to business owners for tax year 2022. The notice provides the necessary account number to enable taxpayers to report by March 1, 2022, their calendar year 2021 gross receipts at loudoun.gov/efile. The license tax or fee can then be…
Members of the public are able to view and comment on three draft local redistricting plans that have been selected by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors for further evaluation and refinement. On Jan. 18, the Board voted to move these three plans to the next phase of consideration in the county’s local redistricting process:…
The Virginia Department of Transportation and Loudoun County held a ceremonial groundbreaking to extend George Washington Boulevard (Rt. 1050) from Research Place south to Russell Branch Parkway via a new bridge over Rt. 7, on Jan 24. The $33.2 million, quarter-mile George Washington Boulevard extension will be a four-lane road/bridge with a shared-use path along one side and…
Loudoun County has scheduled a COVID-19 testing event for Friday, Jan. 28, at Franklin Park, 17501 Franklin Park Drive, Purcellville. Testing is scheduled from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., but may begin early to mitigate traffic impacts and may close early if capacity is reached. The testing events are free and open to all. There are no age or…
The Loudoun County Continuum of Care, along with jurisdictions that make up the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, is preparing to conduct the annual Point-in-Time Count of people in the community experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. The count is scheduled to be conducted the night of Wednesday, Jan. 26. In the event of inclement…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced updated guidelines for parents, educators, and schools per Executive Order 2, which creates a parental opt-out from mask mandates at both public and private schools in the Commonwealth. The guidelines were developed by the Virginia Department of Health and the Department of Education. “I have said all along that we are…
Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency on Jan. 20 due to several rounds of winter weather that will impact several areas of the Commonwealth beginning Thursday and lasting through Saturday. Current weather forecasts indicate the largest threat will be for the Hampton Roads and Central Virginia regions. This weather system will have significant…