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- April 22, 2019
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UVA Accepts Funds From General Assembly’s GOP-Led Budget To Freeze In-State Tuition

Tuition for most incoming and returning in-state students at the University of Virginia will remain the same during the 2019-2020 school year as the Charlottesville university received a $5.52 million increase in its base appropriations to roll back a 2.9 percent hike in its base in-state tuition rate.

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- March 11, 2019
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Politifact Rates Delegate Chris Jones’ ‘Republican Diversity’ Claim In Virginia Legislature ‘True’

“Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Chris Jones (R-Suffolk).

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- February 15, 2019
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Federal Court Ruling Alters Virginia House of Delegates Map Ahead Of 2019 Elections

26 House districts in the Richmond and Hampton Roads metropolitan areas will be altered as Virginia’s redistricting case is still set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 18.

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- February 12, 2019
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GOP’s Billion Dollar Tax Reform Package Passed By VA General Assembly

Both bills were approved as “emergency” legislation, meaning their provisions will become effective as soon as they are signed by the governor. 

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- January 30, 2019
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Redistricting Bill Set To Create Independent Commission To Draw Virginia’s Legislative Maps

The 12-member commission would be staffed the speaker of the House of Delegates, the State Senate Rules Committee, and the governor, who would appoint four members each, two from both political parties.

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- January 28, 2019
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GOP Advances Middle Class Tax Relief Bill, Democrats Vote with Northam for Tax Hike

The House GOP tax relief plan advanced out of committee. The bill provides $950 million for a tax relief fund, offers tax relief to 2.7 million lower and middle-income Virginians, and would block Governor Northam’s proposed tax increase on 600,000 middle class taxpayers.

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- December 18, 2018
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Gov. Northam Proposes Spending Hike, $1.2 Billion in Higher Taxes on Middle Class

The $2.2 billion increase locks in $1.6 billion in recurring spending commitments, paid for by $1.2 billion in higher taxes on 600,000 middle class families. Republican leaders vowed to oppose it.

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- August 17, 2018
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Top Virginia Republicans Respond To Governor Northam’s Refundable EITC Proposal

Northam’s plan to institute a refundable EITC after Virginia’s massive tax collection suffers intense criticism from majority Republicans in the state legislature.

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- May 23, 2018
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Speaker Kirk Cox Releases Statement On Senate Budget Delay

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“The time has come to finish the budget. Our teachers, local school boards, and local governments are waiting to craft their budgets…This delay adds unnecessary uncertainty and is a disservice to the people of the Commonwealth,” said Speaker Kirk Cox (R-Colonial Heights).

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- May 16, 2018
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Virginia Senate Reconvenes On May 22 For Final Action On Budget

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The State Senate now has a date to return to the General Assembly building to finalize a biennial state budget, but it also needs to articulate a budget that it is willing to pass.

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