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The cities were named in the state budget to get at least $3 million. So far this year, Portsmouth has investigated 21 homicides, and Norfolk has investigated 12.
Despite the General Assembly closing more than a month prior, state lawmakers reconvened in Richmond on April 17 after Governor Glenn Youngkin released 242 amendments to the Legislature-approved budget early
Governor Glenn Youngkin Presents Common Ground Budget for the Commonwealth
The extent to which Labor's new Securing Faith-Based Places program is properly geared to addressing religious intolerance remains to be seen, reports Belinda Jones.
Before the start of the new legislative session in January, local governments are working to finalize their lists of state and federal legislative priorities. Portsmouth is calling for more infrastructure funding and changes in how tenants are screened.