RICHMOND, VA (AP/CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The General Assembly convenes today for a special budget session, and reports are budget negotiators and Gov. Youngkin have reached a compromise on the next two-year state spending plan. House Appropriations Chairman Luke Torian confirmed Thursday the General Assembly’s budget leaders have reached a deal with Youngkin that they hope lawmakers will pass that includes additional state revenues to pay for raises for teachers and state employees, as well as money to help people with mental illness and pay for increased costs to Virginia’s Medicaid program. The agreement and today’s session are necessary because the Democratic General Assembly majority and Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin agreed to reset after jockeying for political points prior to the reconvened session last month where the legislature took action on vetoes and amendments by the Governor without agreeing to a budget.

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