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Executive Schedule
11:00 AM: GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR OFFICER TREY SUTTON
LOCATION: Victory Tabernacle Church
2:00 PM: GOVERNOR DELIVERS REMARKS AT VIRGINIA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASANCE PROGRAM
LOCATION: Harrisonburg
The Rundown
Budget negotiations remain at a standstill in the General Assembly. The reason is actually quite simple.
Gov. Youngkin signed a bill to provide relief to gold star families
A bill to end Virginia roadway fatalities got zero support in committee
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What is holding up the budget?
Legislators, lobbyists, and operatives all provide different reasons for the lack of work on the budget between negotiators - but the common theme in their speculation for the delay is that the negotiators in the House and Senate are just not meeting with eachother.
