In a move celebrated by Governor Glenn Youngkin, the State Air Pollution Control Board voted to repeal the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) regulation, following the...
On May 30, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced a landmark change in how state agencies will recruit and compete for talent by eliminating degree requirements, preferences,...
On May 19, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the labor force participation rate rose 0.3 of a percentage point to 66.2 percent in April, the highest...
On May 8, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 1606, sponsored by Delegate Anne Ferrell Tata (R-Virginia Beach), which formally adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Governor Glenn Youngkin met with the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, to discuss best practices for strengthening the business relationship between Virginia and...
On April 22, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced more than 4.52 million people in Virginia’s labor force—the most ever since first recorded in 1976. The labor...
On March 29, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 2290, patroned by Delegate Emily Brewer, and SB 1314, patroned by Senator Siobhan Dunnavant, which provides financial...
Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the general fund revenue collections for February 2023 were 1.2 percent higher in the first eight months of FY 2023 than...
On January 24, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin hailed the passage of his tax relief proposals, HB 2138 and 2319, in the House of Delegates which will...
On January 20, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), plans to invest $35 billion by 2040...
On January 18, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he has requested Senator Siobhan Dunnavant (Henrico) and Delegate Nick Freitas (Culpeper) to sponsor legislation on his...
On January 11, 2023, Governor Youngkin delivered the State of the Commonwealth address, where he shared his vision for a Virginia where the next generation can...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin asked Virginia lawmakers to put aside partisan differences and “get more done” in a State of the Commonwealth speech Wednesday that kicked...
On December 29, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that family-owned and operated Wholesome Foods, Inc. will expand its meat processing operation by adding a new, USDA-inspected...
Gov. Glenn Youngkin rolled out a budget plan Thursday that includes $1 billion in tax cuts for Virginia residents and businesses, telling the General Assembly...
Describing Virginia’s current behavioral health system as in “crisis,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday laid out a sweeping $230 million plan to address gaps in...
On December 2, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he is committed to bringing more companies into Virginia by proposing an additional investment for business-ready sites...
Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin and California Democrats could hardly be further apart politically; however, their diagnoses of what is wrong with America’s housing market sound...
At the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Housing Conference, Governor Glenn Youngkin unveiled his Make Virginia Home plan, which will promote increasing the supply of attainable, affordable, and...
RICHMOND, VA — On October 17, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin stood with Attorney General Jason Miyares, Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, and mayors, police chiefs, and sheriffs...
In his state energy plan, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin is pushing for revisions to the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a 2020 Democratic-driven law that ordered the...
On October 3, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin unveiled the 2022 Virginia Energy Plan in Lynchburg, Virginia. The plan focuses on an all-of-the-above approach that harnesses nuclear,...
On September 29, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement on George Mason University’s decision to keep tuition flat for in-state students: “Today, George Mason...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in the Atlanta suburbs Tuesday in hopes of firing up conservative voters in an area that...
RICHMOND, VA – On September 14, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program has surpassed 100,000 Virginia veterans hired throughout...
RICHMOND, VA – On September 9, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin ceremonially signed two Day One Game Plan Bills reducing state income taxes for Virginia’s Military and...
On August 19, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that nearly 100,000 more Virginians are employed today since the end of January. Based on the Bureau of...
RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that the highly awarded MurLarkey Distilled Spirits will be relocating and expanding its operations within Prince William County. The...
RICHMOND, VA – On July 26, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that he will donate his second-quarter salary to the Virginia Veterans Services Foundation, an organization...
On July 22, 2022, Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the number of employed Virginians expanded to more than 4.2 million workers in June 2022. Virginia has added...