(The Center Square) — In a speech Monday entitled “Common Ground for the Commonwealth,” Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin laid to rest rumors of a full-budget veto.
The governor instead delivered a budget that will return to the General Assembly with more than 200 amendment recommendations.
The governor presented the budget as a “both-and opportunity” — a refrain he’s used before — where Republicans and Democrats can see their priorities met.
“I constantly want to remind us that this pursuit of both-and opportunities consistently presents itself when we search for it,” Youngkin said. “Friends, this is a budget that finds common ground.”
Youngkin’s initial budget proposal included a tax reform package that would have raised the state sales and use tax and begin taxing individuals’ digital data services like streaming services, downloads and data storage. But it also would have lowered income taxes by 12% for all Virginians and enhanced a tax credit offered
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