On Friday morning, a freshman Republican delegate voiced an unusually blunt opinion on why Virginia lawmakers are still finding it so difficult to pass a law stopping them from spending donors’ money on themselves. Acknowledging he’s still “new here,” Del. Paul Milde, R-Stafford, said he sees no reason why
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Amid a docket of new policy proposals, a Virginia Senate panel heard a familiar one Monday when Sen. Jennifer Boysko again presented legislation to require employers to list a wage or salary range in all job postings and prohibit them from asking prospective employees for a salary history. “This is
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Lawmakers did not pass bills introducing penalties for improperly storing a firearm, but did agree to incentivize firearm safety through a tax credit. Lawmakers last week passed a measure introduced by Del. Alfonso Lopez, D-Arlington. The House bill, which had bipartisan support in both chambers, will create a tax credit
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The House Counties, Cities and Towns subcommittee tabled a bill that would have allowed localities in District 8, which includes Arlington County and Alexandria, to require electric car charging stations as part of their subdivision and site planning in a meeting on Thursday. SB 1312, proposed by Sen. Jennifer Boysko,
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The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee took up a number of pieces of labor-relation legislation Monday afternoon. Among them: • SB 1159 from Senator Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) would require employers with a sick leave program to allow an employee to use their sick leave for the care of an immediate family
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