State Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, pulled the bill from the committee’s Monday docket saying it “is not ready for prime time.” When asked on Monday if the arena legislation is dead, Lucas said: “As far as I am concerned, it is,” according to the Associated Press. Lucas and Senate…
Sen. L. Louise Lucas, who holds great sway in the General Assembly as chair of the Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee, first said over the weekend on social media that legislation underpinning the deal negotiated by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin was “not ready for prime time” and would not receive a hearing in her committee….
While the Senate version of the bill is still in the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the House version stipulates that a 15-member Virginia Stadium Authority board would be made up of: Read the article
According to Sen. Ebbin, the transportation component of this plan “could never be achieved unless Metro receives long-term, sustainable funding from the Commonwealth.” Unfortunately, as Sen. Ebbin explains, Gov. Youngkin’s budget “includes zero commitment to long-term funding of the Metro system.” Three components must be in any bill I could consider supporting. First, the protection…
Senate Finance and Appropriations Chairwoman L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) said Youngkin’s remarks were just the latest misstep by the governor — “mistake No. 12,” she called it in a Capitol Square news conference — that she said has doomed the project. Soon after Youngkin’s team posted those remarks on social media Saturday, Lucas tweeted that she would…
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee has left legislation for the project proposed in Alexandria off the docket for its meeting on Monday — its last before Tuesday’s procedural halfway point of the General Assembly session. Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, who proposed Senate Bill 718 to allow creation of a Sports and Entertainment Authority to issue bonds for…
Lawmakers on the Virginia House Appropriations Committee voted 17-3 to advance the measure, a top priority of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, to the floor of the House of Delegates. Though the bill passed overwhelmingly, several senior Democratic legislators took care to say that their support for the measure at this point was in the interest…
It’s not personal – it’s just good business. Ted Leonsis plans to take the Capitals and Wizards out of Washington, but he says the future is bright and everyone is invited to Virginia. For the first time since announcing his intentions to move the Washington Wizards and Capitals out of D.C. across the river to…
The Commonwealth of Virginia, City of Alexandria and Monumental Sports & Entertainment officials unveiled an overview of its plans Thursday for a new sports arena and entertainment district in Potomac Yard. View the plan
A report suggests the Potomac Yard Metro station should get more fare gates and escalators if a proposed arena were to be built in the area. According to a transportation study commissioned by Virginia and released Thursday, an arena in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood would generate more trips there during rush hour but would only exceed the…