DMV shortfall tops $16M, raising possibility of increased fees
(WorldNews Politics)

The costs keep coming for lawmakers on Virginia`s budget committees, now faced with an estimated $16.4 million operating shortfall at the Department of Motor Vehicles and a bill of $1.1 million - and counting - for repairing and ultimately rebuilding the State Police`s stricken email network. DMV estimated Monday that its shortfall could total $66.5 million for 2016 to 2022, a figure that had been almost $28 million before Gov. Terry McAuliffe gave executive approval earlier this year for a $1 fee increase on information products provided by the state`s most visible government operation. DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb said the solution is either to raise the agency`s share of fees for...