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Virginia Budget Debate Turns Public Amid Data Center Dispute

The Center Square—Virginia budget negotiations spilled into public view last week as top Democratic leaders publicly clashed over data center policy ahead of the June 30 budget deadline.

Senate Finance and Appropriations Chairwoman Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, publicly criticized Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and House of Representative leaders Friday as negotiations continued without a final agreement.

“Just when I thought Chairman Torian and I were getting close to agreeing on a budget, we had a meeting with Data Center Diva this morning and she agrees with Amazon Don who doesn’t want to impact the richest corporations in the country,” Lucas wrote on social media, referring to Spanberger and House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth.

In a separate statement released on Senate letterhead, Lucas said the governor and House leaders “did not want to alter the freeloading policy for data centers” and said the........

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