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Gov. Northam's budget covers water projects, unemployment fund By: The Associated Press and last updated 2021-07-27 17:16:49-04 RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam introduced two more spending proposals Tuesday for the state's $4.3 billion share of federal coronavirus relief money, calling for investments in clean water projects and over $860 million to replenish the fund that pays unemployment benefits. The Democratic governor has been incrementally rolling out his spending plans ahead of the special legislative session that begins next week, when lawmakers will ...

Imagine Donna Reid’s elation last year when she learned of a new state law that could save her almost $1,500 annually. Signed by Gov. Ralph Northam a year ago, the measure enacted by the Virginia General Assembly put a cap on diabetics’ copayment cost for insulin. Beginning Jan. 1, it was supposed to be $50 per month “for insulin and insulin products.” And that was potentially meaningful for hundreds of thousands people who suffer from Type I or Type II diabetes. Among those looking forward to that law in April 2020 was the American Diabetes Association. “Insulin has ...