Josh Stein: “I see this budget as a launching pad, not a landing spot.”

Strengthen public education. Invest in workforce development, including apprentices. Lower the cost of living. And make sure that you all have a seat at the table.

It’s the best way to ensure that you really get locally driven solutions to problems, which creates a laboratory of democracy, laboratory of ideas, of innovation.

The General Assembly has not raised the minimum wage in 17 years.

The State Board’s decision is a slap in the face to voters who stood up to these changes and a blatant circumvention of the law.