January 31, 2014 – Updates

January 31, 2014 – Updates

January 31, 2014   Friends,   We have just finished another very interesting and productive week in the General Assembly.   With “cross-over” just over two weeks away, the Senate and the House of Delegates continued to consider their legislation in numerous committees, with the surviving bills being given final consideration by the two houses no […]

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Legislative Updates – January

Legislative Updates – January

January 24, 2014   Friends, We all have shared a very cold week in our area, and record cold temperatures gripped Virginia’s Capitol as well. But in spite of the polar vortex, the people’s business continued at a brisk pace. But as the General Assembly conducted the work of the people, we all learned of […]

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Virginia’s Transportation Debate

As a result of the historic vote this past weekend in the Virginia General Assembly, the solution to fund the state’s transportation budget is unfortunately on a fast track to be one of the highest tax increases in state history.

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Medicaid Expansion

Make no mistake, an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program carries with it a price tag, a very large price tag. Our country is slowly drowning in a sea of red ink. Expanding the Medicaid program in Virginia on a promise from the federal government to continually subsidize the program would certainly be foolhardy.

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