Ultimately, budget negotiators recognized that they did not need the expanded sales tax for their priorities with a potential $1.2 billion surplus of state revenues.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin added to his record-long list of vetoes, killing 48 measures including those that would add a right to contraception to Virginia law.
After months of partisan combat over different priorities, Virginia lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Monday with no major tax changes, funding boosts for education and mental health and salary increases for teachers and state employees.
The governor s task force will address budget changes to a program that pays college tuition and fees for family of military service members killed or severely disabled on active duty.
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