Gov. Abigail Spanberger made affordability the centerpiece of her 2026 agenda, promising relief for Virginians strained by high housing costs, rising energy bills and everyday expenses. But less than a month into the General Assembly session, several dozen tax-increase bills filed by Democratic lawmakers have given Republicans a ready-made political weapon — and an opening to portray the new governor as doing the opposite of what she promised.
Republicans have seized on the proposals to mount an aggressive social media campaign casting Spanberger and legislative Democrats as eager to raise taxes and make life more expensive, despite the fact that
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