Wrapping up at the General Assembly ... for now?
The General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn sine die today, so the past week has been a mad scramble to pass legislation.
It’s also been the final push of the session for budget amendments, with a committee of delegates and state senators coming together to finalize a funding proposal that the full legislature will vote on before adjourning.
Among other proposals (we couldn’t summarize all of them if we wanted to — there are nearly 300 pages of amendments), lawmakers scrapped Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plans to end the state’s car tax and eliminate taxes on tips, replacing them with a tax rebate for all filers. If passed, the amendments will head to Youngkin's desk; if not, we could be headed for a special session.
VPM News photographer Shaban Athuman was on hand throughout the General Assembly session to capture all the key moments, from contentious floor debates to emotional speeches. Check out his visual dispatch to see how it all happened.
BizSense Beat: Magnolia Green, Azalea Flea Market, new state office building
BizSense Beat is a weekly collaboration between VPM News and Richmond BizSense that recaps the region’s top business stories.
This week, BizSense’s Jack Jacobs joins host Lyndon German to talk about developers looking to expand the commercial potential of the Magnolia Green project in Chesterfield County, a renewed attempt to build a data center in Henrico County — despite local opposition — and plans for a new state government office building in downtown Richmond.
