, a long-standing policy that means the commonwealth’s government keeps any legal authority not explicitly given to cities or counties.
the House of Delegates — and often the Senate — from 2000 through 2019, local lawmakers in deep-blue places such as Arlington and Alexandria, struggled to push through some of their most basic legislative requests. It wasn’t until Democrats took power, for instance, that these localitiesUnder the Dillon Rule, states have to approve any sort of taxing authority in localities.
Last fiscal year, the state gas tax generated nearly $1 billion in revenue, funding other modes of transportation, including Metro and Virginia Railway Express in Northern Virginia.Nearby in Fairfax County, Jeffrey C.
Matt de Ferranti , who chairs the Arlington County Board, said some of the county’s most ambitious clean-energy efforts — such as a deal with Amazon to create a solar farm in Pittsylvania County — may not have necessarily succeeded under a Youngkin administration. Their “legislative packages” — a list of requests sent to legislators in Richmond — focus more on regional goals that are bipartisan, such as getting more state funds to deal with traffic congestion or to address school crowding.“Local government is not state government,” said Phyllis J. Randall , chair of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. “We’re not nearly as partisan.”State Sen. Scott A.
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