Larry Hincker The Virginia General Assembly begins a special session Aug. 2 to apportion $4.3 billion in federal stimulus dollars (does this economy need more stimulus?). In the meantime, the stateâs coffers are overflowing. It just finished the fiscal year with about $2.6 billion in excess tax collections. That will figure into the governorâs final budget proposal later this year. Iâve seen myriad suggestions for additional spending âto address critical needsâ⦠like the stateâs depleted unemployment trust fund, more for public education and health, expanding affordable access to internet service, assisting poor Virginians with housing and utility payments, or maybe reviving hard-hit industries, such as restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions (isnât that why we got those federal COVID bucks?).