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Virginia lawmakers remain at an impasse over whether to maintain the state’s $1.6 billion data center sales tax exemption, as talks to reach a two-year budget deal go down to the wire, Daniel Moore reports.
- The state’s Senate has proposed ending the tax break for data centers, while the House of Delegates is seeking to extend the program but add restrictions.
- Virginia lawmakers failed to announce a reconciled budget by a legislative deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday that would have given them the required 48 hours to read the bill before voting on it. The current legislative session is scheduled ...