Directors of Prince William County Health District and the Office of Emergency Management told the Board of Supervisors March 10 how the county is preparing and responding to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-2019).

The General Assembly’s conference committee Del. Torianon House Bills 29 and 30 released its compromise budgets on Monday, March 9. The budget includes significant funding increases for Virginia’s public education system, affordable health care, and workers’ rights.

Virginia Department of Transportation will shut down Evans Ford Rd. today March 10 until thursday, March 12 to replace a storm water pipe. Detours will be in place during the reconstruction.

Establishments such as grocery stores, gas stations, garden centers, frozen dessert shops and bingo halls work with VDACS to ensure they follow laws and regulations intended to protect consumers.

House and Senate General Assembly money committees announced this week that the state budget will include language to study extending Metro’s Blue Line to Lorton, Woodbridge, Potomac Mills, and Quantico along with enhanced transit on U.S. 1 in Prince William County.

History was made Feb. 19 as the first woman Chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee presented the Senate budget. SB 29 and SB 30 were adopted with bipartisan support. Now a committee will resolve the differences between the House of Delegates and the Virginia Senate approved budgets.

The House of Delegates Appropriations Committee released and passed its 2020 Budget on Feb. 17, according to a report from Del. Hala Ayala of Lake Ridge, who represents part of the Prince William County area. This includes the Governor’s Budget as well as numerous budget amendments presented to and approved by the Appropriations Committee, she said.

Prince William Virginia Cooperative Extension office (VCE) is conducting a situation analysis survey in the Greater Prince William community to find out how to structure its educational services to best meet the public's preferred delivery method.