Dec 21, 2020
Vehicles drive down the Coalfields Expressway in Raleigh County in this 2019 file photo. BDT file photo
LEBANON, Va. â A resolution stressing the importance of the Coalfields Expressway as âabsolutely critical to the economic development and diversification ofâ the far Southwest Virginia region was adopted Tuesday by the Virginia Coalfields Expressway Authority Board (CFX Authority).
According to the resolution, the Commonwealth of Virginia and the federal government are being urged to âdo all they can to cause the completion of the Coalfields Expressway in Virginia in as expeditious manner as possible for the benefit of the Commonwealthâs citizens in far Southwest Virginia.â
Virginia is headed down the path of legalizing marijuana. How should the state use the tax revenue it collects from legal weed?
Studies estimate those revenues could be $31 million to $62 million the first year of marijuana sales â with the take rising to $154 million to $308 million by the fifth year. Whether the first year or the fifth year, both of those might still be a ways off. A work group set up by Gov. Ralph Northam says even if the legislature voted in favor of legislation in 2021, it could still be two years after that before pot dispensaries start selling.
That hasnât stopped some from going ahead and proposing ways to spend that money.
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