With the House of Delegates and the state Senate at loggerheads over a $1.9 billion tax break for data centers, Gov. Abigail Spanberger is floating a new idea for ensuring data centers pay their ...

A fight between the Virginia House and Senate over a tax break for data centers has brought budget negotiations to a standstill.

The state tax department says the industry has invested more than $80 billion in Virginia and created thousands of jobs over the past two years. Obenshain is not the only one conc ...

Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption ...

Virginia budget negotiators say talks are progressing as lawmakers race to reach a deal before Saturday's deadline.

Virginia lawmakers are split on a data center sales tax exemption worth $1.9B last fiscal year. Teachers and trade unions are ...

With just days remaining in the 2026 legislative session, Virginia lawmakers are running out of time to reach agreement on a new two-year state budget, even as Democrats control the governor’s office ...

The state may be missing out on an estimated $1.9 billion a year because of a sales tax exemption for data centers. Lawmakers are considering scaling back or ending the incentive, which currently ...

Virginia lawmakers under Democratic control failed to produce a budget on schedule Thursday because of heightened debates over a tax exemption for data centers. Lawmakers from both chambers adjourned ...