General Assembly 2023

There was a rare moment of bipartisanship at the Virginia Capital in Richmond Thursday when Glenn Youngkin signed a long overdue, bipartisan budget.

Now that Governor Glenn Youngkin is finally considering budget amendments, more details are emerging about the compromise. Michael Pope has this story about a proposal for an addiction recovery facility.

Virginia is about to enter a new fiscal year Saturday in a state of uncertainty.

Top Virginia legislators say talks about the long-running partisan impasse over updates to the state budget have broken down and negotiators have been sent home.

Negotiations seem to have stalled for now, and no action is expected until after the primary on June 20th.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors voted to increase tuition and fees for both in-state and out-of-state students. Citing inflation, costs of increasing salaries for state employees, and the uncertainty surrounding funding from the state budget, the Board approved a 4.9 percent increase in tuition.

Seven House Democrats and five House Republicans are hoping to move over to the other side of the Capitol, leaving their House districts in the hopes of getting elected to the state Senate.

Leaders of the money committees and Governor Glenn Youngkin passed a two-year budget last year, and now senior members of the General Assembly are working in secret to craft amendments to that budget. But apparently there's no rush because lawmakers adjourned their one-day reconvene session this week without voting on a budget.

Earlier this year, members of the General Assembly sent the governor a bill designed to crack down on intoxicating products with THC. But Governor Glenn Youngkin added some amendments to make sure the bill did not outlaw some CBD products that help with epilepsy and other medical conditions.

One thing that nobody expects to happen this week is a vote on an amended budget. When members of the General Assembly left town back in February, they did not have an agreement on the budget, and they still don't. But they'll be meeting on Wednesday to consider amendments and vetoes suggested by the governor.