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Governor Northam delivered his annual State of the Commonwealth address on Wednesday. See the video below.

State Of The Commonwealth 2021

State Of The Commonwealth Highlights

  • More equitable healthcare budget for localities that have grown recently.
  • Virginia has a record number of women in the state legislature.
  • Proposing an additional $25 million to Virginia Housing Trust Fund.
  • Use of "grey machines" revenue to provide Rebuild! VA aid to small businesses.
  • Further expansion of broadband.
  • Increases in budget to provide more school counselors and English language resources.
  • Permanent raise for teachers of greater than 2 percent.
  • $5 million for more long regional trails in state parks.
  • Greater investment in water and air quality protections, and land conservation.
  • Change in state's constitution to automatically return the right to vote to ex-prisoners.
  • Legalizing marijuana in Virginia.
  • Ending the death penalty in the commonwealth.
  • Reimagining and redesign of "Confederate Avenue" in Richmond.
  • Preserving the Lumpkin's slave jail as Heritage site to tell the story of slavery in Virginia.

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