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We are now three weeks into this year’s eight-week General Assembly session. Since this is the year that Virginia adopts its biennial budget, fiscal matters will continue to dominate this Session. One holdover financial issue firom last year is still getting considerable attention.
On Friday, the Senate took a step closer to the repeal of the ill-advised “abusive driver fees.” As part of last year’s effort to fund Virginia’s transportation priorities, the General Assembly adopted the so-called “abusive driver fees” as a method to pump nearly $70 million into the transportation trust fund. The plan, however, was fatally
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