Virginia Budget Negotiators Signal They Are Close to a Deal

State budget negotiators are so close to a deal that they’re telling fellow legislators to set aside June 1 as a possible date to return to the Capitol for a vote and urging them to wrap up haggling over any other bills held over from the regular session.

But details on what’s in the compromise being hashed out by a handful of senators and delegates remain a closely guarded secret — much more than usual because the General Assembly is in a special session, with most legislators back home in their districts instead of Richmond, where the dealmaking is underway.

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