$3 Billion in Cuts as ‘Philosophical Divide’ Persists
It’s going to be an ugly 45-day legislative session that gets underway in Richmond next week. Decisions on almost $3 billion in state budget cuts, due to the economic downturn, face the same “philosophical divide” between liberals and moderates, on one side, and arch conservatives on the other that has been particularly nasty in Virginia, and in the face of deep cuts could get even worse.