YOUNGKIN VETOES MINIMUM WAGE MANDATE

Governor Youngkin has vetoed two bills to raise Virginia’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2026. The legislation, HB 1 and SB 1, which passed the House and Senate along party lines, was set to increase Virginia’s $12 hourly minimum wage to $13.50 by 2025 and $15 by 2026. “The free market for salaries and wages works,” Youngkin wrote in his veto statement […]