Virginia lost jobs in December for the first time in 14 months and estimated income tax payments fell sharply as warning signs appeared in the state’s economic and revenue outlook just four days before the General Assembly’s money committees release their versions of the state budget.
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Del. Barry Knight, R-Virginia Beach, left, then-chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, confers with Secretary of Finance Steve Cummings on Aug. 7.
In November, Gov. Glenn Youngkin convened the Governor’s Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates. At right is Sen. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, now chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee.
PHOTOS: Youngkin's State of the Commonwealth address
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.
