RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Trade associations representing hundreds of companies that do business in Virginia have come out swinging against a proposal to expand the state sales tax to cover digital goods, something Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed and Democrats endorsed in their budget legislation. Both chambers of the legislature included the new sales tax … Read more
Public records suggest Gov. Glenn Youngkin may have borrowed Altria’s corporate jet to attend a fundraiser in the Hamptons hosted by Wilbur Ross, who served as Secretary of Commerce in President Donald Trump’s administration. At 10:30 A.M. Aug. 3, Youngkin was scheduled to visit an Ag expo in Virginia Beach. Early that afternoon, a jet … Read more
Gov. Glenn Youngkin flew on Altria’s private jet to and from an undisclosed location at an unknown time, according to campaign finance records. Neither his campaign committee nor Altria will say who else was on board or give any other details about the trip. It’s one of a handful of times Youngkin has benefited from … Read more