Youngkin celebrates 25% reduction in regulations

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Governor Glenn Youngkin says his administration has reached his goal of reducing regulations by 25% by the end of the year.

“Many of them can just be eliminated, many of them were duplicative, many of them were written decades ago, and really don’t have any application today, other than to make things hard on businesses and people,” Youngkin said.

Youngkin said since taking office, 89,000 regulations have been cut, combined or streamlined. Youngkin added that those regulatory changes have made it cheaper to do business in Virginia…

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