Va. Democrats promote budget bill in statewide tour of their own

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — After blasting Gov. Glenn Youngkin for turning his beef with the General Assembly’s budget bill into a campaign-style statewide tour, Democrats hit the road themselves Monday to sell Virginians on what’s in their spending plan. Leading House and Senate Democrats kicked off the three-day “Virginia Families First” tour that will take them from Hampton Roads to the D.C. suburbs, the state capital and the Tennessee line. Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee Chairwoman L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) acknowledged that they were campaigning, too — but in a way...