After three months of deadlock, the House Appropriations Committee isn’t waiting on the Senate any longer for a budget deal to keep the Virginia government running on July 1.
The House committee unveiled its own version of a budget agreement on Friday morning, using $1.5 billion in additional revenues that Gov. Abigail Spanberger expects the state to collect in this fiscal year and the two-year budget cycle that begins on June 30. Also, the new House proposal includes 3% raises each year for teachers and state employees.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
