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- June 23, 2022
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Virginia Republicans Highlight Irony of Biden’s Call for a Gas Tax Suspension Less than a Week After Senate Kills Similar Youngkin Proposal

President Joe Biden is calling for a three-month suspension of the federal gas tax less than a week after Virginia Senate Democrats and one Republican killed Governor Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to enact a suspension of Virginia’s fuel tax. Virginia Republicans took to social media on Wednesday to react to Biden’s proposal. “Now, the White House is calling […]

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- June 22, 2022
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Youngkin Rallies at 2021 Campaign Location to Sign Budget

HENRICO, Virginia – Governor Glenn Youngkin held a campaign-style rally to ceremonially sign Virginia’s fiscal year 2023-2024 budget. On Tuesday, Youngkin spoke from the aisles of the Tom Leonard’s grocery store where he filmed a grocery tax-related campaign ad and where he held one of his final rallies during the campaign. “Nine months ago we were right here with […]

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- June 21, 2022
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Youngkin and Kaine Speak on Juneteenth at Separate Events

Two Virginia governors gave Juneteenth speeches over the weekend: Governor Glenn Youngkin spoke at Fort Monroe on Sunday, and former governor, current U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) gave the keynote speech at a Loudoun NAACP Juneteenth event Monday. Both men highlighted the role of Virginia as the site where African slaves first arrived in 1619. Youngkin focused more on […]

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- June 21, 2022
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Youngkin Announces More Than 18,000 Virginians Gained Employment in the Month of May

Youngkin’s Virginia continues to boom, as he has announced that the number of employed Virginians expanded to more than 4.2 million workers in May 2022. According to his announcement, Virginia has added nearly 80,000 since February. Virginia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3 percent in May. This continues to be below the national rate, which […]

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- June 19, 2022
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Youngkin Adds More Than $37.5M in Criminal Justice Grant Funding

Governor Youngkin has added a huge boost to Virginia’s law enforcement by announcing a massive $37.5 million in grant funding, including nearly $7 million for school resource officers and school security officers. According to the Governor’s announcement, the grants that total $37.5M to support local criminal justice programs in Virginia were awarded today by the […]

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The Republican Standard
- June 18, 2022
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Internal LEGO FAQ Accidentally Shared with Press Include Responses on Youngkin Policy, Critical Race Theory

As part of the press materials announcing the LEGO Group’s plans to build a factory in Virginia, the company accidentally released an internal document with guidance for public relations staff about questions including some related to Governor Glenn Youngkin’s conservative politics and Critical Race Theory. One point states: “Governor Youngkin has made prohibiting ‘critical race theory’ in K-12 classrooms […]

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- June 18, 2022
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General Assembly Kills Gas Tax Holiday, Hyde Amendment, but Pass Partial Lab School Expansion in FY 23-24 Budget

RICHMOND, Virginia — The Virginia General Assembly approved many of Governor Glenn Youngkin’s budget amendments on Friday, but in mostly-partisan votes, killed his efforts to expand a ban on using state tax dollars on abortions, and to create a three-month gas tax holiday. Additionally, House Republicans and Democrats killed an amendment that would have made it […]

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- June 17, 2022
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Youngkin Budget Amendments Include Gas Tax Holiday, Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, and Law Against Picketing Justices

Governor Glenn Youngkin is sending 35 budget amendments to the General Assembly to approve on Friday, including a gas tax holiday, a ban on using state Medicaid funds for certain abortions, and a law that would make it a class 6 felony to picket or demonstrate outside a courthouse or residences of justices and judges. The Democratic […]

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The Republican Standard
- June 16, 2022
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Youngkin Proposes Amendments to Alleviate Gas Prices

Youngkin has proposed amendments to the Virginia state budget, with several attempting to help Virginians where they’re really being hit right now; the gas pump. “With five-dollar gas prices and plenty of money in the system, I’m continuing the effort to lower gas prices for hardworking Virginians and my hope is, this time, that Democrats […]

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The Republican Standard
- June 16, 2022
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Virginia’s May Revenues Exceed May 2021

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Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday that Virginia’s May revenue reports are 9.9 percent higher than May 2021. That’s good news for the governor, who is imminently expected to release amendments to the budget already passed by the General Assembly. Legislators will return Friday to vote on Youngkin’s changes. “This report confirms that the time is now to […]

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Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...