Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth speach during a joint session of the General Assembly Wed., Jan. 11, 2023.
Earlier this year, Gov. Glenn Youngkin made it a priority to ban the sale of Virginia farmland to any foreign government or person classified by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce as a foreign adversary.
A petition from Mason students on Change.org called for the school to rescind its graduation invitation to Gov. Glenn Youngkin, calling it "harmful and disrespectful." The petition cites Youngkin's positions on transgender students in schools, teaching racial equity and Republicans' efforts to remove certain books from school libraries.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth speech to the General Assembly on Jan. 11. On Friday, the governor jabbed at Senate Democrats for blocking approval of a revised two-year budget with an additional $1 billion in tax cuts he had recommended.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address during a joint session of the General Assembly on Jan. 11.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin shakes hands with Attorney General Jason Miyares during a joint session of the General Assembly last month as Youngkin enters the House to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address. Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs Craig Crenshaw, right, looks on.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth speach during a joint session of the General Assembly Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, seen giving his state of the state speech earlier this month, scuttled plans for an electric vehicle battery plant in late December.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth speech during a joint session of the General Assembly on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his state of the state speech during a joint session of the General Assembly on Jan. 11. He made a surprise declaration that the assembly should act to bar Chinese Communist Party-affiliated enterprises from buying Virginia farmland.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin acknowledges a guest in the gallery as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth speach during a joint session of the General Assembly Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
Speaker of the House Gilbert C. Todd listens to Gov. Glenn Youngkin as he delivers his State of the Commonwealth speach during a joint session of the General Assembly Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears claps for a guest in the gallery as Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth speach during a joint session of the General Assembly Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.
"The writing on the wall couldn't be more simple - the people of Virginia are overtaxed," he says in his State of the Commonwealth address
“I don’t understand it. Here we have 2,600 deaths just last year from overdoses,” Youngkin said in an interview
The bill would cut the period from 45 days to 14. Senate Democrats defeated similar bills on Tuesday
With changes to the $177 billion state budget on the line, the impasse is a huge concern for local governments, school divisions and other stakeholders who won't know what additional state funding to expect, if any, in the fiscal year that will begin on Saturday morning.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin is not revising the revenue forecast for the $185 billion, two-year budget. House and Senate money committees won't have additional cash for budgets they propose on Sunday.
The governor's proposed income tax cuts and sales tax increase are gone. The House backs a framework for the proposed arena and more Metro funds, the Senate does not.
The legislature's budget compromise will not include creation of a state authority to finance a $2 billion sports and entertainment district that Gov. Youngkin has proposed, according to three sources.
House Speaker Don Scott Jr. said: "It's poor timing and tone-deaf leadership" for the governor to require two universities to submit course information on race while "trying to negotiate with people who are African American."
Gov. Glenn Youngkin has vetoed more bills in one year than any other modern Virginia governor vetoed in his four-year term.
