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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
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
Counties are directly eligible for funding through the Environmental Justice Government-to Government Program. Read NACo's article on the grants.Read more
NACo recently shared new guidance from the Department of Justice clarifying that people on medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act.Read more
This week in the General Assembly, the Senate continued to debate an education scholarship bill that would allow public funds to be used for students to attend private and religious schools. The House did very little on the floor, continuing to work mostly in subcommittees taking up budget requests and other bills. Governor Henry McMaster also gave his State of the State before the General Assembly on Wednesday evening. Bills of interest are discussed below: