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The budget sent to Gov. Spanberger has $350 million for Medicaid reserve funds, to help Virginians who have seen their premiums go up, and $200 million to replenish the Commonwealth’s health insurance fund.
The biennial budget deal passed by the GA isn’t a done deal, as legislators are awaiting proposed changes from Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
While failing to repeal sales tax exemptions for data centers, new budget imposes electrical consumption tax for the facilities
With data centers at the forefront of the budget standstill in Richmond, those already being built have brought both economic benefits and environmental impacts to the Commonwealth.
A bill to create a mattress recycling program was vetoed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
The General Assembly needs to pass a budget before July 1 to avoid a shutdown of the Virginia government.
The tax, which would fund public school capital projects, would need to be voted on in each municipality during the November election.
The Governor held signing ceremonies at UVA’s Rotunda, and Charlottesville’s Apex Plaza.
Figures from across the political aisle and across the Commonwealth weighed in on the decision, reacting along party lines.
The court ruled that the state’s Democratic-led legislature violated procedural requirements when it placed the constitutional amendment on the ballot.