Take advantage of August Sales Tax Holiday and purchase school supplies, clothing and footwear

Governor McAuliffe visited Astyra Corporation in Richmond on July 22 to sign Executive Order 20: Advancing Equity for Small, Women, and Minority Owned Businesses. The executive order is designed to expand contracting opportunities to small, women-owned and minority-owned (SWaM) businesses in the Commonwealth and set a higher bar for SWaM contracting in Virginia state government.

Four democratic incumbents resigned on June 30. With the resignations of Delegate Bob Brink, Delegate Algie Howell, Senator Henry Marsh, and Senator Phil Puckett, Virginia will now have at least three special elections on August 19.