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Friday Report - February 17, 2023

2/16/23

This week in the General Assembly, the Senate worked through the calendar and debated several bills of interest in subcommittees. The House spent most of the week debating and passing the "Human Life Protection Act" (H. 3774) in an

Friday Report - February 10, 2023

2/6/23

This week in the General Assembly, the Senate completed its debate and passed the Certificate of Need bill, S. 164, and debated and passed a fetal heartbeat bill, S. 474. The House debated and passed an education bill, H. 3728, that would prohibit certain concepts... Read more

Friday Report - February 3, 2023

2/2/23

This week in the General Assembly, the Senate debated and passed S. 39, an educational scholarship bill that would allow public funds to be used for students to attend private and religious schools. The Senate also debated S. 164, a bill that would repeal the Certificate of Need requirement for certain health care facilities. The House spent the week debating and passing... Read more

DOE releases Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant allocations for counties

2/1/23

A recent NACo article discusses the Department of Energy's $550 million Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). Learn more about the block grant allocations for counties.Read more

EPA announces $100 million in environmental justice grants