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“Gov. Youngkin did not make any progress on his arena deal because he did not make all that much of an effort to compromise with the Democratic majorities in the legislature,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political science professor at the University of Mary Washington. “When you want something more than the other side does, you have to meet them more than halfway. He didn’t do that.”
Budget deadlines loom for Youngkin, Democrats (Dogwood)