The General Assembly passed a package of amendments to the biennial budget in a sweeping bipartisan vote Saturday, on the last day of the unusually short 2025 session.
After a false start and three days lost courtesy of a water utility crisis in Richmond in early January, questions regarding whether the legislative body would be able to come to an agreement on the budget and adjourn the session on time were put to rest.
“Any time we can get 30 Republicans to join us in a huge bipartisan way to pass the budget, I think that says a lot,” House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, said during a press conference after the House adjourned…