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Kaine said the increases in some taxes were balanced by reductions in others and the overdue investment in statefunded education, public safety and health care.
“For the first time in 15 years, the pro-investment argument beat out the no-taxes argument,” he said, adding that he hopes the victory of the tax package in the traditionally conservative House of Delegates is a sign of growing bipartisanship in the legislature.
Kaine also addressed the regional gang issue in his hourlong discussion with The Times, saying he is mulling a juvenile companion to the successful Virginia Exile program he helped launch while mayor of Richmond. Virginia Exile uses mandatory minimum sentences to target illegal gun use.
He noted that the current guidance in the state code
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