1+ week, 6+ day ago   (585+ words) "I don't intend to back down on this issue, Mr. Chairman." Virginia lawmakers are reopening one of the state's biggest economic fights: how much the booming data center industry should pay for the power, water, and public resources it uses....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (29+ words) Virginia lawmakers begin data center tax exemption review: 'I don't intend to back down' WTVR.com Virginia lawmakers begin data center tax exemption review: 'I don't intend to back down'...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (557+ words) South Carolina budget leaders have reached a gentlemen’s agreement to provide roughly $350 million for lawmaker sponsored community investment projects, commonly referred to as earmarks, even though they left the State House on Aug. 11 with no plans to return. But House…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (528+ words) The South Shore Press West Virginia Offers Proposal to Eliminate State Income Tax with Data Center Revenue Forward Thinking By Republican Governor Looks to Benefit His Constituents - Where is New York? West Virginia is looking to take advantage of a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (985+ words) Richmond officials had to spend almost $375,000 in local tax dollars to run an unplanned election that didn’t count. A pot of state money set aside to help local election offices fund the April 21 redistricting referendum fell short of covering Richmond’s…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (270+ words) Gov. Abigail Spanberger urged “prudent budgeting” and “thoughtful long-term planning” in her first address to the General Assembly joint money committees on Wednesday, despite Virginia’s relative fiscal strength. The mid-August address to the joint money committee is an outline of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1701+ words) After months of stalled negotiations, N.C. House and Senate leaders announced they have come to an agreement over several competing budget priorities, signaling an end to the 10-month-long stalemate between the two chambers that has left North Carolina as the only…...