Sen. Louise Lucas said she backs a push by a pair of Republican senators who want to legalize electronic skill games and use state revenues they generate for school construction.
After months of partisan combat over different priorities, Virginia lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Monday with no major tax changes, funding boosts for education and mental health and salary increases for teachers and state employees.
The governor s task force will address budget changes to a program that pays college tuition and fees for family of military service members killed or severely disabled on active duty.
Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, said she backs a push by a pair of Republican senators who want to legalize electronic skill games and use state revenues they generate for school
Advocates for a state program that helped veterans' families be able to afford college are crying foul after changes to it were made in the state budget approved earlier this week.