How you track Virginia's bills got a $12 million upgrade

• That includes the budget that your taxpayer dollars go toward and when the General Assembly is voting on certain bills.
• And it's how we were able to tell you about the odd bills of the 2024 session before it officially began.

Driving the news: Last month, the website received its first major update in 30 years — and it's apparently the "single-most comprehensive LIS in the country," per a report from Virginia's Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

• Building it over the past several years was a nearly $12 million effort that's expected to last until at least 2064.

What's next: Hunting through the bills that were carried over from the 2024 session, including one about studying the prevalence of microplastics in Virginia's public drinking water.