Another no-budget adjournment. Aren’t we used to that already?

By: Bob Lewis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 1,213

Last Updated: 2 days, 3 hours ago

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The Virginia General Assembly has doused the flame on its 2026 winter session without completing its most important and consequential business: a new budget to fund the commonwealth into 2028.

That’s hardly uncommon.

This is the 11th time since 2000 that our 140 learned solons have failed to pass a budget before the regular session adjourns, requiring extracurricular work.

Not a lot of Virginians had legislative disunity and delay on their parlay cards this year …

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