Shoppers in three Virginia localities will see a new charge on their receipts if they use plastic bags to carry out their groceries or other goods now that a new tax has gone into effect.
Virginia’s minimum wage will increase to $11 per hour in less than a week, which is getting some mixed reactions from members of the commonwealth’s business community.
The market for new cars in Virginia is about to get a bit cleaner. Earlier this month, Virginia's Air Pollution Control Board voted to join about a dozen other states in making new demands on the market for automobiles mandating a certain percentage of new car sales be zero-emission vehicles.
Republican Glenn Youngkin campaigned on a platform of cutting taxes, and now he's working with Republicans in the General Assembly to eliminate the grocery tax, press the pause button on a gas tax increase, double the standard deduction and give one-time rebates.
Virginia's Safety and Health Codes Board is rejecting a standard for protecting workers against heat stress, a standard the business community rallied against.