Youngkin’s budget recommendations could cut funding for environmental programs

Youngkin’s budget recommendations could cut funding for environmental programs

Local organizations are piecing together how the Governor’s recommendation could impact them.

Youngkin cuts proposed new school funding to boost state's reserve

After years of trying, public school divisions in Virginia thought this year that they would finally see the end of the "support cap" that then-Gov. Tim Kaine proposed in late 2009 as a temporary measure to prevent deep cuts in public services in the two-year state budget that the General Assembly approved the next year. But Gov. Glenn Youngkin upset those expectations this week by proposing to cut $138.2 million in additional funding that the G…

'Veto Corleone': VA's Glenn Youngkin Goes on Veto Spree, Strangles Gobs of Progressive Legislation

Virginia Establishes Food Pantry Program for Public Colleges

Photo by Jacob McGowin on Unsplash RICHMOND — Gov. Glenn Youngkin agreed with Virginia lawmakers’ plan to create the Hunger-Free Campus Food Pantry Grant Program to provide college students with food at no cost, signing the bill Monday. Senate Bill 1016 and House Bill 2240, sponsored by Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, and Del. Rae Cousins, D-Richmond, initiated the program, allocating $500,000 to support food pantries to eligible public and nonpro…

Youngkin Signs 30 Loudoun Bills, Vetoes 11

Monday marked the deadline for Gov. Glenn Youngkin to take action on the 916 bills sent to him by the General Assembly this year. Of those, 30 sponsored by Loudoun’s legislators will become law, while 12 will advance back the…

VA Gov. Youngkin Vetoes Dem Gun Control Bills - Liberty Park Press

Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed several gun control measures. (Official portrait) Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has applied his veto pen to several gun control bills, once again nixing attempts by Democrats to penalize law-abiding citizens and open up avenues for harassment lawsuits against the firearms industry in the Old Dominion. The Washington Post is reporting that Youngkin has rolled up “the biggest number of vetoes of any Virginia governor.” Th…