Against the backdrop of federal job cuts and funding freezes, the Virginia legislature passed several budget amendments and bills aimed at improving healthcare, education and housing while killing a proposal to remove the car tax and tabling a bill to permit a sixth locality to build a casino. And while the 2025 session adjourned on […]
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The Virginia state Capitol in Richmond. (Photo by Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury)
Against the backdrop of federal job cuts and funding freezes, the Virginia legislature passed several budget amendments and bills aimed at improving healthcare, education and housing while killing a proposal to remove the car tax and tabling a bill to permit a sixth locality to build a casino.
And while the 2025 session adjourned on Saturday, House lawmakers say they are not done, launching a committee to explore what the impact of the Trump administration’s federal workforce cuts and funding reductions will be on the commonwealth.
