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- April 20, 2019
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Republican Bill Set To Raise Nationwide Age Limit For Smoking, Vaping To 21

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will introduce legislation next month to raise the age limit for people to purchase tobacco products and vaping devices from 18 to 21, but it will have exemptions for those who serve in the military.

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- March 8, 2019
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State Senator Frank Wagner Announces Retirement After 28 Years In Virginia Legislature

“It has been one of the highest honors of my life to serve the citizens of the Commonwealth. I want to thank the citizens of Virginia Beach and Norfolk for giving me that privilege,” Wagner said.

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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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- February 5, 2019
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VA House Passes Bill Stopping Teens Buying Tobacco, Vaping Products

“Raising the legal age for tobacco purchases to 21 is a common sense way to address this escalating public health concern,” said Delegate Chris Stolle.

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- January 29, 2019
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With Livestock Designation, Virginia’s Alpacas To Receive More Legal Protections

After three alpacas were attacked and injured last October in James City County, Virginia, lawmakers in Richmond are set to classify the animals as livestock, granting them legal protections they did not have before.

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- January 25, 2019
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Senate Finance Committee Unanimously Passes Plan To Collect Internet Sales Tax

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair (2018), Virginia lawmakers are jumping on the opportunity to collect internet sales tax. The bigger question: what will the money be used for?

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- January 19, 2019
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Virginia Could Join Growing Number Of States Raising Tobacco-Buying Age To 21

The bipartisan, bicameral bill from Virginia lawmakers would increase the minimum age for those prohibited from “purchasing or possessing tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products.”

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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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- May 15, 2018
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Virginia Could Collect An Additional $400 Million In Income Tax Payments

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An extra $400 million from income tax payments could come surging into Virginia’s coffers from the federal tax overhaul signed last year, but state finance officials are not ready to trust the wave they say could disappear after summer’s end.

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- April 26, 2018
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Virginia Senate Reconvenes May 14 For Work On State Budget

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On May 14, members of the Virginia State Senate will return to Bank Street in Richmond to finish, hopefully, the two-year state budget, over one month after spending plans from the lower chamber were forwarded.

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