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Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed the two-year budget in June, which included a provision that forbids localities that held failed casino referendums in 2021 from trying again in 2022. ....
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Virginia voters identify as moderate, despite supporting Democrat policies Voters at a polling station in Buckingham County, Nov. 3, 2020. (Source: Parker Michels-Boyce / For the Virginia Mercury) By Cameron Jones | May 10, 2021 at 5:09 PM EDT - Updated May 10 at 5:09 PM RICHMOND, Va. Virginia voters in a recent poll ranked themselves as moderate, with a slightly conservative lean, but indicated support of more progressive legislation. The poll, released last week by Christopher Newport’s Wason Center for Civic Leadership, could be a thermometer for the upcoming November election. Virginia voters ranked themselves an average of 5.83 on a zero to 10 scale (liberal to conservative). Republicans ranked themselves 8.11 on average, while Democrats rated themselves 3.57 on average. Independents ranked themselves 5.72. ....
Last year the General Assembly passed a bill allowing casino gambling, giving five cities the option to vote for a casino proposal. Voters in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Danville, and Bristol all approved casino projects in referendums. The Virginia Lottery will regulate the new casinos, which have gambling activities legally different from existing institutions like Rosies.
A rendering of the development proposed by the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, which is one of six groups hoping their proposal is referred to the Richmond City Council. Credit Pamunkey Indian Tribe
A New Orleans-based consultant group, Convergence Strategy Group, estimated new tax revenue from the casino could be $30 million a year, based off estimates of gaming taxes and other taxes. They estimated gaming revenues could be between $270 million and $285 million, and estimates regarding ....