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Commonwealth allocates $2.5M to localities for shelter upgrades


Commonwealth allocates $2.5M to localities for shelter upgrades
Published Saturday, Apr. 24, 2021, 2:31 pm
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The Virginia Department of Emergency Management announced this week the award of $2.5 million for shelter upgrades and generators to 17 localities.
The Virginia Emergency Shelter Upgrade Assistance Fund, was a result of Senate Bill 350, introduced by Sen. L. Louise Lucas, and went into effect on July 1, 2020, under Virginia Code §44.146.29:3. These much-needed resources in the commonwealth were supported by the governor’s administration to provide the localities the necessary funding to make the upgrades. ....

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As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough?


As New Police Reform Laws Sweep Across the U.S., Some Ask: Are They Enough?
States have passed over 140 police oversight bills since the killing of George Floyd, increasing accountability and overhauling rules on the use of force. But the calls for change continue.
A protest last week after the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was killed by the police in Brooklyn Center, Minn.Credit.Victor J. Blue for The New York Times
April 18, 2021, 12:24 p.m. ET
In February, Illinois enacted a law that rewrote many of the state’s rules of policing, and mandated that officers wear body cameras. In March, New York City moved to make it easier for citizens to sue officers. This month, the Maryland legislature which decades ago became the first to adopt a Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights became the first to do away with it. ....

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