Virginia’s Youngkin Vetoes Bills on Confederate Heritage Tax Breaks, Robert E. Lee License Plates

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed dozens of bills late Friday, just before the midnight deadline when those measures would have automatically become laws. Of the hundreds of final bills the Democrat-majority General Assembly delivered to his desk before going into recess two months ago, the Republican governor sent back 115 with his own amendments. The majority of those recommendations have been accepted, but lawmakers rejected dozens of vetoes. On Friday, the last day he could decide what actions to take on the remaining pieces of legislation, Mr. Youngkin vetoed 49 bills while signing 6. “While I look forward to working with the General Assembly to see if we can reach agreements on language in the future, today I must act on the language before me, and there are several bills which are not ready to become law,” Mr. Youngkin said in a statement....