A Northern Virginia native, Scott McCaffrey has four decades of reporting, editing and newsroom experience in the local area plus Florida, South Carolina and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. He spent 26 years as editor of the Sun Gazette newspaper chain. For Local News Now, he covers government and civic issues in Arlington, Fairfax County and Falls Church.
An estimated 200,000 Virginians will be eligible for reductions in their health insurance costs through a new fund in the state government’s biennial budget.
Legislators approved a $150 million Healthcare Affordability Fund, supported by taxes levied on energy usage by data centers. It will support eligible Virginians not covered by insurance through their employer, Medicare or Medicaid.
