Gov. Youngkin announces state revenue is up ahead of General Assembly session

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT)—Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced extra money in the budget heading into Wednesday’s General Assembly reconvened session.

Governor Youngkin says general fund revenues increased 5% in March.

If you look at the big picture, year-to-date collections are up 6.2% compared to last year. The governor says that means there’s an extra billion dollars to spend on the state’s two-year spending budget.

“I think that we will, again, be optimistic because of the big step that we took in our common ground budget. You know Henry I worked hard in order to meet many, many of their priorities,” said Gov. Glenn Youngkin, (R) Virginia.

He told 12 On Your Side there’s enough money to accomplish priorities for Republicans and Democrats.

“And that gives us money to fund the collective priorities of everyone. And that’s a huge step. You know that budget package I put together, that will be taken up tomorrow, was put together to meet the many, many interests across the commonwealth,” said Gov. Youngkin.

State Democrats are pretty straightforward about their position on this. A video released by Don Scott, Speaker of the House, nicknames the governor ‘pretending Glenn.’ It is also blamed for a potential state government shutdown at Youngkin’s doorstep.

Youngkin says he expects debate on skill gaming machines to center around the distance they can be from casinos and other places.

The session begins at noon on Wednesday.

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