The Title Says It All!

September 12, 2025

Federal Spending Realignment and Virginia’s Uncertain Future was the title of the presentation yesterday to the Joint Meeting of the Speaker’s Select Emergency Committee and the House Appropriations Committee (update and correction from the original post).  The listing of major areas of concern begins on page 16, but the entire report is worth a close look.

From the perspective of some considerable experience – the title says it all!  The one certainty as we go into a General Assembly Session in Virginia is that if there is “uncertainty” the members will be far more likely to be very conservative in their spending decisions!    We are already hearing concerns that the revenues/surpluses are going back to pre-pandemic levels – less money in the “cookie jar” on the shelf and with inflation increasing costs . . .  You get the idea!