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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two top Democratic legislative priorities on Thursday: bills that would have allowed the recreational retail sales of marijuana to begin next year ...
In all, Youngkin signed 100 bills and vetoed seven on Thursday. He is on track to have vetoed the highest number of bills of any governor in Virginia's history.
Besides the marijuana and wage bills, he vetoed three others. One would have removed an exemption for farmworkers from the state's minimum wage law. Another would have required that approximately 315 individuals incarcerated or on community supervision with a felony marijuana conviction receive a sentencing review, according to Youngkin's office.
Youngkin vetoed four abortion-related bills and a bill that would have provided paid family medical leave for Virginians late Friday evening. ... You can get TurboTax for 30% off on Amazon today. AOL.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed bills that would have increased the minimum wage in Virginia to $15 per hour by 2026. What's next for wages?
Glenn Allen Youngkin (/ ˈ j ʌ ŋ k ɪ n / YUNG-kin; [1] born December 9, 1966) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 74th governor of Virginia since 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he spent 25 years at the private-equity firm The Carlyle Group, where he became co-CEO in 2018.
This was the first veto of Youngkin's governorship. [128] Later in 2022, Youngkin signed a bill downscaling the Marcus alert system, which had been established by Northam about two years earlier in response to both the George Floyd protests of 2020 and the 2018 killing in Richmond of Marcus-David Peters.
In another late-night action, Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed bills aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs.