With $399,806 in issued loans, Virginia ranked ninth for the average amount of a VA home loan in 2022, according to figures provided by the Veteran Affairs Home Loans Index.
The average VA home loan amount in Virginia during the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023 was $437,436, a 8% increase over the previous quarter, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Local Area Unemployment Statistics (“LAUS”, or “the household survey”), the labor force in Virginia continued growing in November by 9,331 to 4,624,846, the number of employed Virginians increased by 47 to 4,492,761 while the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased 0.2% to 2.9%.
Of the 8,582,479 citizens living in Virginia in 2021, 78% were old enough to vote, equating to 6,689,727 individuals, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26.
This morning, Governor Glenn Youngkin unveiled his proposed “Unleashing Opportunity” budget during a presentation to the General Assembly’s Joint Money Committee.
Chairman Knight, Co-Chairs Barker and Howell, Chairman Robinson, Speaker Gilbert, esteemed members of the General Assembly money committees and your hardworking staff, thank you for the warm welcome.
Virginia’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI enforcement and public education campaign is on a mission to keep Virginia’s roads safe from drunk drivers this holiday season.
Public-private partnership will feature global corporate headquarters for Monumental Sports & Entertainment, an industry-leading Arena for both the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards, a state-of-the-art Monumental Sports Network media studio, the Wizards practice facility, a performing arts venue, an expanded esports facility, and mixed-use development in the City of Alexandria, supporting approximately 30,000 jobs over the next several decades
Hundreds of Alexandria City High School students, with the approval of Principal Alexander Duncan and school officials, walked out of classes on Thursday to support Palestinians in the current Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza, following the Oct. 7 slaughter of 1,400 Israelis and the 240 taken hostage. The protest, part of a nationwide protest on school campuses by the activist group Code Pink, called “Shut it Down! For Palestine” came on Nov. 9–the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s infamous Kristallnacht, or the night of shattered glass when Nazis initiated a roundup and slaughter...