Legislators encourage DOE to extend public service loan forgiveness deadline
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On Oct. 31, 2022, public service workers have a deadline for review by the U.S. Department of Education to possibly receive loan forgiveness.
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Inflation Reduction Act becomes law: Impacts on healthcare, climate change
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The Inflation Reduction Act was signed into United States law by President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
Lawmakers continue to call on IRS to address ongoing customer service delays
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Customer service concerns and ongoing processing backlogs are why 93 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate continue to encourage the Internal Revenue Service to resolve issues.
Appalachia senators press feds for funding to combat drug trafficking
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A federal grant program somehow doesn’t treat Appalachia as being a high-priority drug trafficking enforcement area, despite the fact that the drug overdose mortality rate for people ages 25-43 is 43 percent higher in Appalachia than the rest of the country.
Two Virginia transit systems receive $11.5 million from infrastructure bill
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Two Virginia transit systems will receive $11,549,192 from the infrastructure bill.
Youngkin swings and misses with DOJ jab in tweet defending Trump
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin claimed in a tweet on Tuesday that the Department of Justice had “labeled parents in Loudoun County as terrorists.” Which isn’t true: what Youngkin was referring to was a letter from the National School Boards Association.
Virginia to receive more than $64 million in funding from infrastructure bill
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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a bipartisan effort to rebuild and provide jobs for the United States, will provide $64,207,045 in federal funding to go toward Virginia infrastructure projects.
Twenty-six Virginia health centers to receive $1.7 million in federal funding
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The American Rescue Plan will provide $1,768,500 in federal funding for health centers across Virginia.
CHIPS Act moves ‘across the finish line’ with $52 billion investment in semiconductors
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President Joe Biden signed into law the Creating Helping Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act.
Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act: Sweeping changes to healthcare, clean energy
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Senate Democrats finally got something meaningful done, voting 51-50 on Sunday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass a $750 billion healthcare, clean energy and tax bill.
