Under terms of the bill, anyone who is a current Social Security recipient, or who will turn 62 in 2023, would receive an extra $200 in each monthly check. Meaning, Social Security recipients could get an additional $2,400 a year in benefits if the bill wins approval - something seniors would no doubt welcome as inflation wipes out their annual cost-of-living increases. Learn: 3 Ways to Recession Proof Your RetirementĪs GOBankingRates previously reported, the Social Security Expansion Act was first introduced on June 9 by Sanders and U.S. I’m a Social Security Expert: Here’s What Your Benefit Should Be in 5 Years Bernie Sanders (Vt.) formally reintroduced The Social Security Expansion Act to Congress, and this time, he had a lot more support from fellow lawmakers pushing the initiative. This new law establishes a $300 tax credit to reimburse those who buy a gun safe or other lockable devices to store a firearm.On Feb. Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill to make the Chincoteague Pony – from the commonwealth’s Chincoteague Island - Virginia’s official pony. It will also prohibit “the use or display of text, images, website graphics, website display, or website addresses substantially similar to an operator’s website in a manner that could reasonably be expected to mislead a potential purchaser.” Virginia’s official pony Virginians can’t have blue headlights on their cars, motorcycles, bicycles or mopeds starting Saturday.Ī new state law taking effect July 1 will ban all “aftermarket modifications that cause the headlights to appear as a blue light.” Stopping deceptive trade practices by ticket resellersĪ new law will ban internet ticketing platforms and other resellers from using trademarked or other markings of an operator, rights holder or primary ticket provider without consent. The guide - written and updated by Victor Hugo Green - provided a list of safe places to stay, eat and more – including hotels, guest houses, restaurants, and service stations. The law permits historic site signs to be placed at locations listed in the “Green Book,” which Black Americans used as a guide while traveling in the segregated South and across the country during the Jim Crow era. The new law allows the commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission to authorize any of the agency’s attorneys “to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records deemed necessary as evidence in connection with the investigation or adjudication of any disputed claim or the administration of the Virginia Unemployment Compensation Act.” Green Book historical sites Subpoena power for Virginia Employment Commission head ByteDance owns TikTok and Tencent developed WeChat.

– two Chinese tech giants behind the apps. The law bans accessing sites and apps developed by ByteDance Ltd. This includes phones, desktop computers, laptops, tablets and other devices that connect to the internet. Starting July 1, all employees or members of a “public body,” including state lawmakers, city council and school board representatives and more, are banned from downloading or using TikTok and WeChat on government devices or while connected to any network owned by the state. Secretary of Commerce has determined “to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons.” TikTok ban on government devices The upcoming ban applies to foreign governments or others the U.S.

Banning foreign adversaries from buying farmlandįoreign adversaries such as China and Iran will be banned from buying new farmland in Virginia starting in July after a Republican-led effort passed in February on bipartisan votes. The approved bill was criticized for not going far enough, particularly for its lack of a provision that would have limited solitary confinement in Virginia to 15 days.

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